/r/surrealism
This subreddit is for the free exchange of surreal visual art. Post your own work or that of other artists (please make sure to give credit)
Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact.
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.
Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur; however, many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artefact. Leader André Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement.
Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities during World War I and the most important center of the movement was Paris. From the 1920s onward, the movement spread around the globe, eventually affecting the visual arts, literature, film, and music of many countries and languages, as well as political thought and practice, philosophy, and social theory.
NOTABLE SURREALIST THINKERS:
- Guillame Apollinaire (coined the term)
- André Breton
- Paul Éluard
- Benjamin Péret
- René Crevel
- Robert Desnos
- Jacques Baron
- Max Morise
- Pierre Naville
- Roger Vitrac
- Max Ernst
- Salvador Dalí
- René Magritte
- Man Ray
- Jean (Hans) Arp
- Georges Malkine
- Michel Leiris
- Georges Limbour
- Antonin Artaud
- Raymond Queneau
- André Masson
- Joan Miró
- Marcel Duchamp
- Jacques Prévert
- Yves Tanguy
- Georges Bataille
SURREALIST AVANT-GUARDIENNES:
- Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob)
- Lise Deharme
- Valentine Penrose
- Valentine Hugo
- Denise Lévy
- Gala Éluard
- Simone Breton
Related Subreddits:
/r/surrealism
209,799 Subscribers
Lover in the Clouds
02:47 UTC
Self Portrait
02:25 UTC
destroyed
23:36 UTC
Into The Mind (animatic part 1)
21:04 UTC
Three brothers
16:50 UTC
City
13:45 UTC
attachment
10:28 UTC
Finally coming all together.
Just a little more adding of color to the purple face and yellow eyes. Plus just a little bit more black on some spots to make facial features pop and more focus on facial expressions...
05:05 UTC
Fat Cats Eating Sushi by Me
21:42 UTC
Print REVEAL and Signing. Bio-Landscape prints are here! Surrealism |Dark art prints. Draca Wilford
21:02 UTC
Self Portrait
18:19 UTC
Blender, oil on panel
17:06 UTC
Think, thunk, thank
It’s fun when a work starting with nothing more in mind than ‘paths going somewhere’ started and were finished in just a couple of hours. Going through it, I thought it would suit to give it that … ‘darker part of town’ / ‘dirty’ look. Lived in. Experienced and wiser than the rest of town.
16:37 UTC
Archie Lewis-Get out of your head
16:31 UTC
Pearls Before Swine Part 1
15:24 UTC
Recycled Surrealism
By @poeticrituals
13:41 UTC
No. 116, self-portrait. Mary Claire Griffin(me), photography, 2024
13:34 UTC
The Good Song oil on canvas by me 20X20 - Experimenting with Max Ernst style decalcomania
12:30 UTC
Migration...
11:00 UTC
How well do we know each other?
07:49 UTC
Pragmatics, Kisho, Digital, 2022
16:50 UTC
John Shelby 🎨 (Peaky Blinders)
16:00 UTC
dipping the orange ball as an experiment, by huleeb
13:18 UTC