The Nature of Surrealism and Its Impact on Me

Looking at the differences of periods of art it is quite interesting to recognize the differentiating factors between them. One that has always stood out to me was surrealism, which expressing dream like states and unrealistic scenes usually with a fantasized nature. Before surrealism took its flight, Dadaism was a centralized theme within art. Dadaism showed artists' expression and opinions of negative aspects of society that they thought should not be. It's incentive was on diminishing the artistic styles of the past into a way that showed an opinion on the present. It certainly gained its controversy when artists began using it as it was not a conventional and certainly not a positive expression of art.
Surrealism on the other hand was a positive expression of art and tapped into the untouched imagination of many artists. It was not a common expression of art and had heads turn all around the world. Surrealism not only taps into the artist's imagination but the viewer's imagination too, showing the power of the unconscious. Artists did not begin a piece of art with a pre-existing intention, instead it touched base with a part of their mind that was not typically shown appreciation. Through this, artists opened a gate way of showing unrealistic and dream like scenes that opened the eyes of their viewers. This is why I am so in love with this period of art. It portrayed artists' ability to put such unrelated objects into one picture and somehow have them make sense in an imaginative way. I for one enjoy going into a piece of art without a picturized motive but instead going with the flow.

I am going to post a picture of a surrealist type of painting I have done recently. It is just a bunch of colors with a central point in the bottom of sunglasses. I have also created a painting that expressing the song, "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles. What makes it surrealist is how unpredictable it is. It is truly therapeutic for me to use the Surrealism that prevailed after that period of its beginning. I hope you all enjoy it!

One of the favorite surreal artists is Chloe Early! She is definitely worth checking out!