- Salvador Dali was a large influence and a major contributor to surrealism. He combined the unusual juxtaposition of objects on the canvas. He also worked with Disney to create a surrealist aesthetic. For instance, Dumbo is a classic disney film which Dali had input into, it includes pink elephants which could be considered dark and almost trippy, there are various weird combinations and metamorphisms.
- Andre Breton-Poet was also another contributor to this movement, his key ideas was 'long live the revolution' therefore he was focusing on transforming the world.
- Alphabet - Jindrich Heisher - surrealism has intertwined with typography
- Andre Masson - automatic drawing: allowing mistakes the be made, and they're all automatic, manifesto "pure psychic"
- Rene Magritte - The False Mirror (1928) - questioning how accurate the eyes truly are
- Remedios Varo - his collage demonstrates the interesting relationships between juxtaposition
- Max Ernst - thinking about the process that is necessary in order to execute juxtaposition
All surrealists had their own manifesto and their own way of presenting the movement.
The Surrealist Revolution Magazine (1924-1929)
In the 1960s surrealism hit other countries.
In many surrealist pieces eyes are used as part of the piece, and eyes are considered a metaphor of new ways of seeing the world.
'The Uncanny' was coined by Sigmund Freud in 1919, it means being attracted to something but being disturbed at the same time. Freud - uncanny meaning opposition rather than likeliness.
Winkler and Noah, Liera (2006) - weird, none human whilst being unrealistic but realistic at the same time.
The Shining (1980) uncanny likeness, a likeness thats strange and incomplete.
Uncanny Vally - visual representation of a theory (1970)
Final Fantasy - plummets into uncanny valley and destroyed the illusion of reality.
