Some Surrealism Movement Development Facts

Surrealism movement was one of the most widely spread movements, and it also reached the territory of the United States, where the Chicago Surrealist Group was formed in 1966 not without the participation of André Breton and the Surrealist Group in Paris. The group based in Chicago was increasing due to collaborators from other cities, and the publications of the group began to appear under the Surrealist movement in the USA name. Started in Europe in 1920s, the movement became popular in the United States in the following decade and the works of surrealist painters were exhibited in several galleries on regular basis. The surrealism movement in the USA is associated with the names of such figures as Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Yves Tanguy, Andre Breton. In the 1940s the European surrealists were in exile in the US. Later on, due to the organization members activity, the experiments with new themes and techniques the new style, Abstract Expressionism appeared.

The founding of surrealism movement is associated with Europe first of all. The beginning of the movement is connected with the Dada activities and believes that the conflict upon the world is the result of excessive rational thought and bourgeois values. Soon-to-be leader André Breton joined in the Dada activities and also started the literary journal Littérature along with Louis Aragon and Philippe Soupault. During this period the experiments with automatic writing began as well as the enlargement of the group. Great significance was paid to the Freud's work with free association, dream analysis and the hidden unconscious. The goal of the surrealism movement was to look over and revolutionize various aspects, including personal, cultural, social, and political one, to free people from false reality and restrictive structures.

Talking about surrealism in London it is necessary to mention The International Surrealist Exhibition held from 11 June to 4 July 1936 at the New Burlington Galleries. The Exhibition of Surrealism in London was organized by André Breton, Paul Éluard, Georges Hugnet, Man Ray, and others and in addition, the course of exhibition was accompanied by the lectures of Salvador Dalí, Herbert Read, Hugh Sykes Davies, etc. The exhibition of surrealism in London had about a thousand visitors per day.

The surrealism movement is closely connected with such notions as «dreams» and «unconscious». Surrealism and dreams are often alike, remind similar situations. The philosophy of the movement based on the Hegelian Dialectic, the Marxist dialectic and the work of such theorists as Walter Benjamin and Herbert Marcuse. Dream analysis was one of the most important techniques of the movement followers.

Today it is possible to say that the movement became revolutionary and intellectual event in human history. The influence of the movement is noticeable even today. To view the works created by a contemporary follower of surrealism style you can visit klinkov.com web site. This is the site of the modern artist, Valeriy Klinkov, whose painting collection is now available online.