Surrealism

 Surrealism is a very odd form of artwork, it features strange forms of nudity and sexual activity. It is a form of art that is produced from the subconscious mind; I don’t think anyone can truly interpret some of the pieces as the are just so abstract, even though you can tell what the shapes are and it might be clear what objects the shapes represent, there is no way of telling why the thing in the image are there. As it’s an interpretation of someone’s subconscious thoughts and I don’t even think the person who created the picture can be 100% sure of what is coming across in the image. I’m curious how these artist choose the colours that go into there work and why? There is also a fine line between expressionism and surrealism.  

Sexuality comes across in Surrealism work a lot, for example in Salvador Dalis work 'The Great Masturbator,1929' it is mentioned that Dali had 'childhood fantasies of being eaten, as well as 'recalling an childhood pleasure and eating locusts.' I think this is strangely portrayed in his work but if I didn't know a bit about his childhood I defiantly wouldn't have understood why there was a locust in the form of the mail genitals.