What are some surrealism Ideas?
I’m not sure you understand the concept: a list of “ideas” isn’t quite what you would need. Surrealism takes familiar objects and places them in unusual, physically impossible formats and juxtapositions, using the disquiet to bring the viewer a new insight, often unrelated to the literal meanings of the objects. It’s like the old joke: Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Two: one to paint the giraffe, and one to fill the bathtub with brightly-colored power tools. A list of ideas would have to include the objects, their treatment, their relationship or other surreal transformation, and the concept behind that alteration. For instance A candy bar floating through outer space, passing through a moebius-band hoop in rainbow colors. This calls into question whether we actually consume anything permanently, as well as reminding us that these are “empty” calories. The moebius band is both entrance and exit, and the colors give the viewer a disquiet between the blea
