free public eventsSurreal 100 Opening Reception
Saturday, September 7 Member and Patron Preview: 5:30pm-6:30pm Public Reception: 6:30pm-9:30pm Art for Lunch Thursday September 12 11:30am-1:30pm Family Arts Day Saturday October 12 11am-4pm Film Night Tuesday October 22 6pm-7:30pm |
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The Huntington Beach Art Center presents Surreal 100, on view September 7 through October 26, 2024. Juried by artist-curator Marka Burns with Dorte Christjansen and Louise Ivers, Surreal 100 celebrates the centennial of surrealism, marked by the publication of the "First Surrealist Manifesto" by Andre Breton in 1924. Selected artworks will be on view in the Art Center’s 3000 sq. foot galleries located in downtown Huntington Beach, California.
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Surreal 100
This year marks the centennial of the birth of Surrealism with the publication of the Surrealist Manifesto in October 1924. Andre Breton defined Surrealism as a way to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality, and yet an absurd reality." With his 1928 publication Surrealism and Painting, he recast it as an artistic enterprise.
World War 1 was the event that signaled the end of romanticism and the beginning of modernism. Stylistically, Surrealism ranged from the dream-like imagery of Joan Miro to the challenging but provocative work of Rene Magritte. Initially centered in Paris, it became global in scope and affected multiple art forms. Sigmund Freud’s belief that the mind could be unlocked through psychoanalytical methods, such as the interpretation of dreams, made a significant impact on the surrealist movement.
Because of Freud's influence, artists created depictions of familiar objects in unexpected contexts. Similarly, automatism was said to free the mind from conventional thinking.
This monumental shift in how artists and other creatives worked marked the end of life as people knew it. Ushering in the dawn of a revolution in all aspects of Western culture, reflected in art, music, literature, dance, theater, and film. Few movements in art history have had as lasting a legacy as Surrealism, which utterly transformed our manner of thinking and seeing. In its time, it garnered remarkable public recognition, and its influence on artists and culture remains relevant and revolutionary today.
World War 1 was the event that signaled the end of romanticism and the beginning of modernism. Stylistically, Surrealism ranged from the dream-like imagery of Joan Miro to the challenging but provocative work of Rene Magritte. Initially centered in Paris, it became global in scope and affected multiple art forms. Sigmund Freud’s belief that the mind could be unlocked through psychoanalytical methods, such as the interpretation of dreams, made a significant impact on the surrealist movement.
Because of Freud's influence, artists created depictions of familiar objects in unexpected contexts. Similarly, automatism was said to free the mind from conventional thinking.
This monumental shift in how artists and other creatives worked marked the end of life as people knew it. Ushering in the dawn of a revolution in all aspects of Western culture, reflected in art, music, literature, dance, theater, and film. Few movements in art history have had as lasting a legacy as Surrealism, which utterly transformed our manner of thinking and seeing. In its time, it garnered remarkable public recognition, and its influence on artists and culture remains relevant and revolutionary today.
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