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Art is the most beautiful thing created by men. Only in art you can be dissolved, only in it you can find or lose yourself. Art can save or destroy…
Surrealism is a modernist trend, which was created after the First World War in France ... 20-ies. Its creators - young artists, poets saw surrealism as a way of understanding the subconscious, supernatural. The founder and ideologist of the direction, Andre Breton said that surrealism is "pure psychic automatism, which aims to express, either orally or in writing or otherwise, the actual functioning of thought. Dictation of thought without any control by reason, outside of any aesthetic of or moral considerations. "
This is not just creating a new style in art, but the desire to escape from the chaos that is happening in these years, trying to find something "irrational and unconscious," that will rule the world .... ever ...
Yes, surrealists were dreamers, explorers and adventurers of their soul, their egos.
Breaking all the shelves and drawers of my memory, I decided to take the example of Salvador Dali. Originally, I intended to write about Russian Surrealism and most beloved artists, but my love, I would say the passion for anything Spanish prevailed! Salvador, my genius ))).... not quite in the topic, but I have a picture with a wax figure of Dali, I must say, we look not bad together.
Surrealism, as the direction, appeared behind Dadaism, which was based on "anti-artistic", spontaneity, audacity and other follies. Dadaist exhibitions were full of continuous chaos and madness. Their philosophy – incident. They would never have planned. Want to paint a picture, well, take a bunch of different colors, with a brush throw the whole thing on the canvas and, voila, a masterpiece is ready! Dali really liked the concept of the Dadaists, but it lacked something deep, large and warm, short of "I". As mentioned earlier, surrealism is a triumph of "unconscious" as well as paint a picture without knowing what you're doing .... very simple, we just have to get away from reality ... with the help of hypnosis, for example. The simplest technique is the observation of the flames, or the contemplation of the clouds drifting across the sky.
Sometimes they were going to "play", but there were games in which they cut off the mind and all logical connections in order to cause the abyss, which is stored in each of us, that wonderful chaos that fills our entire being.
Salvador Dali was a genius, a creator of beauty and wonder, his life was subordinated to the principles of surreal, even before Surrealism emerged as a trend
"Normality puts me in a blind alley" – claimed, and he was sincere here.
Surrealists to the bone, he moved the "will to power", declared unfettered free from any aesthetic or moral coercion. Stated that you can go all the way to the most extreme, extreme limit, in any creative experiment, without worrying about any consistency or continuity.
Did not these principles should guide us, living our wonderful life on this wonderful planet? What lies on the surface, most hidden ... I do not know whether this up, or be heard, but I think it is true the truth of being.
Like every artist, even if not quite ordinary )))), Dali had a few stages in creation, which he himself described as: Planetary Dali, Dali, Molecular, Dali-monarchic, Dali-hallucinogenic, Dali future.
His love for Gala, his wife was so overwhelming and clear, he said: "The most important thing in the world - Gala and Dali. Then there is a Dali. And in third place - all the rest, of course, including the two of us."
For surrealism in the form in which it professed Dali, no politics, no private life, no aesthetics, no stories, no technology and nothing else. There is only a surrealistic creativity, which turns into something new all the things to which it touches.
Salvador Dali wrote "10 Commandments for someone who is going to become an artist, I think, these commandments can be applied to everyday life, transforming a little bit, of course)))
1. The artist prefers to be rich, not poor, so learn to do so, to brush your bare gold and precious stones.
2. Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain!
3. First, learn to draw and paint like the old masters, then you can do what you want - everyone will respect you.
4. Do not relinquish their own vision, their manners and their perceptions: they'll come in handy if you become an artist.
5. If you're one of those who think contemporary art surpassed Vermeer and Raphael, put this book down and remained in blissful idiocy.
6. Do not spit on his own paintings - she will spit on you when you die.
7. A masterpiece and idleness are incompatible!
8. Painter, write!
9. The painter, do not take alcohol into his mouth and do not smoke cannabis more than five times in life.
10. If the painting does not love you, all your love for her will not change anything.

Surrealism in reality there is no trend in the art, namely the type of thinking, way of interacting with the world. When a reporter asked, Salvador Dali, what is surrealism, the artist replied: "Surrealism - it is I," and with good reason.