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Dada and Surrealism 1916. Founded in neutral Zurich in 1916 Group of refugees from WWI Overthrow authority and cultivate absurdity Denounce and shock Awaken the imagination. Jean Arp Mountain, Anchors, Table, Navel 1925. Marcel Duchamp Fountain 1917.
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Dada and Surrealism 1916 Founded in neutral Zurich in 1916 Group of refugees from WWI Overthrow authority and cultivate absurdity Denounce and shock Awaken the imagination
Surrealism • A direct off-spring of Dadaism • Flourished during 1920’s and 30’s • Began as a literary movement • Grew out of Freudian free-association and dream analysis • Uncover truths unreachable by logic • Improvised Art • Others created hallucinatory scenes
Giorgio De Chirico The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street (1914)
Salvador DaliApparition of Face and Fruit Dish on Beach 1938
Salvador DaliGeopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man 1943