Surrealism in Art

Surrealism in art is the whole stratum of history which has made significant impact – the movement affected various spheres of life and it became possible to talk about surrealism in television, surrealism in photography, theatre, music, literature, etc.

Dada and Surrealism

It is believed that surrealism resulted from dadaist movement that blamed bourgeois society for it's logic that had led people into war. They rejected the ideology of capitalists along with academic cultured values of art by means of irrationality reflected in art, music, literature, and so on. The goal of Dada movement was to destroy traditional culture and aesthetics. The origins of the name itself is impossible to define clearly. Thus, according to one of the versions, it originated from Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco's Romanian artists' frequent use of the words «da, da», meaning «yes, yes».

Surrealism in Television and Photography

Television and films are the spheres where the influence of surrealism can be easily traced. As for the most notable films created under surrealism influence are «Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie», «El ángel exterminador», and «Belle de jour» by Buñuel's; «Un chien andalou» by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí; Le Sang d'un poète by Jean Cocteau (1930) by Jean Cocteau, and others.

The surrealism movement didn't passed by such area as photography. The photographers involved into this style use such techniques as combination printing, montage, rotation, double exposure. The idea of surrealism in photography is not only to create strange images but to assign a new role to it.
Neo Surrealism, Pop Surrealism

In course of it's history neo surrealism experienced it's reappearance and this movement in the late of 1970s became known as neo surrealism, often called «modern surrealism». Within the genre of neo surrealism the features of fantastic, visionary and fantasy art were used. Still, neo surrealism didn't popularize the original surrealist idea of a freedom from rationality anymore.

One of the branches of surrealism is pop surrealism, also known as lowbrow art. This movement is one of the most notable in contemporary art, it is fascinating and exciting with origins in punk music, comix and street culture. Pop surrealism has been provoking a lot of debates as for whether this movement can be related to the fine art world.

Surrealism movement has become not only a bright event in culture at the beginning of XXth century. Surrealism has made great impact on contemporary art as well as on the whole course of art history. There are artists today that share the ideas of surrealism style and if you are interested in such canvas painting for sale, browse this web site of contemporary surrealism and abstract painter Valeriy Klinkov. Visiting the site one can obtain the paintings offered at the collection of canvas painting for sale.