OUGD601: Utopia inspired by Surrealism

Surrealism is much broader term from the cultural and artistic movement that began in 1920s in artist circles in Paris. Developed from Dada and Avant-garde, with the roots in theory of psychoanalysis, the Surrealist artsoon spread from literature and visual arts to music, photography and film to culture practices, as well as to philosophy, politic work and social theories worldwide. The main topic explored by surrealist artists and writers was the dialogue between dreams and reality, trying to depict affluence of human mind with the emphasis on its subconscious images. Here, we will present the collection of 10 surrealist paintings in chronological order to show the uprising of the movement and the most prominent surrealists – Salvador Dalí, André Breton, Yves Tanguy, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Max Ernst and Leonora Carrington.

Salvador Dali, forgotten Vogue Cover, 1944