ARTS 10 – First Quarter

MODERN ARTS

SURREALISM & DADAISM:

Break through Reality

We are now done with the motion picture, painted in quick motion in order to get the
most natural result from the scenery itself. We are also done with vivid emotions, distorted
images to provoke feelings and use of geometric techniques to see a new perspective of art
in the eyes of shapes and series of colors.

Now, we move on with the disorientation of reality and we will now enter the world of
fantasies and surrealism. Both Dadaism and surrealism depicted an unstructured and
unbelievable fragment of life.

These two art movements just prove that even the impossible could be painted on a
canvas. It only takes a wild imagination and a huge courage to do so.

Learning Competencies

1. Creates artworks guided by techniques and styles of the various art movements.
2. Discusses the influence of iconic artists belonging to the various art movements

Objectives

1. Associate the unbelievable with the capability of a human to imagine things beyond
reality and to understand both Dadaism and Surrealism.
2. Divide the boundaries of Dadaism and Surrealism
3. Familiarization of some of the famous artists of both Dadaism and Surrealism with
their prominent art works.
4. Create an artwork at the end of the module that is connected to Surrealism or
Dadaism.

Let’s RECALL

Activity 1: Remember: Cubism and Expressionism.

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I. Multiple Choice: choose the correct letter of the answer for the following
statement/question.

1. The style derived its name from the cube, a three-dimensional geometric figure
composed of strictly measured lines, planes, and angles
a. Expressionism c. Impressionism
b. Cubism d. Dada

2. The art movement in which artworks conveyed strong feelings. This art presents a more
personal, expressive view of life.
a. Expressionism c. Impressionism
b. Cubism d. Dada

3. The best-known forerunner of Expressionism.

a. Wassily Kansisky c. Victorio Edades
b. Edward Munch d. Pablo Picasso

4. Famous Filipino Artist in the influence of Expressionism.

a. Victorio Edades c. George Braque
b. Vicente Manansala d. Pablo Picasso

5. He believed that shape, line, and color have emotional properties capable of conveying
heightened feelings.
a. Wassily Kansisky c. Victorio Edades
b. Edward Munch d. Pablo Picasso

6. The artist who painted the famous artworks named “The Scream”.
a. Wassily Kansisky c. Victorio Edades
b. Edward Munch d. Pablo Picasso

7. Art style movement that fractured the laws of perspective, breaking up space into
jagged planes without a sense of logic- even presenting the eye of one figure from a
frontal view and face in profile.
a. Expressionism c. Impressionism
b. Cubism d. Dada

8. The best example art work for Expressionism.

a. The Scream c. The Builders
b. Black Frame d. The Weeping Woman

9. The example of art work for Cubism

a. The Weeping Woman c. Guernica
b. Girl Before Mirror d. Sungka

10. He has his own “easy to understand“ kind of cubism- “transparent” cubism – which he
claims he developed by all himself.
a. Victorio Edades c. George Braque
b. Vicente Manansala d. Pablo Picasso

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 Let’s UNDERSTAND

DADAISM
Nonsense have sense
Dadaism is founded in Zurich,
Switzerland in 1916, a group of
artist tried to expressed their
disillusionment in terms of art. It
was first known as Dada, the
movement name originated from a
nonsense word. Dada, at first Melancholy and Mystery of a Street and the Village
sight, looks like nonsensical but Giorgio de Chirico, 1914
also it has a nonsense aim. It Oil on canvas
showcases the madness of World
War I. This portrayed to the lack of
trust for the reason and society.
This was considered as the
alternative way to discharges the
authority, tradition and cultivate
absurdity.

Marchel Duchamp, his earliest

work was a read-made bicycle
wheel placed on a kitchen tool.
His most famous artwork was the
Fountain on 1917 which is an
industrial porcelain urinal, put Fountain
sideways and signed with “R” Marcel Duchamp, 1917
Mutt, this is ‘Duchamp’s
pseudonym.
Dadaism started from the early 20th century, along with surrealism and in its
origin in the major European artistic capitals. It is a developed response to the
horrors of World War l.

Always remember that Dada rejected reason, rationality and order of the
capitalist society but rather dada is in favor of havoc, nonsensical ideas and anti-
bourgeois sentiments.

Some of the other prominent Dadaist artists are Francis Picabia, Man Ray of
Paris, George Grosz. Otto Dix, John Heartfield, Hannah Hoch and Max Ernst.

Though there are some disagreement as to where Dada originated. Some says it
developed in the Caberet Voltaire, an avant-garde nightclub in Zurich though
others claim a Romanian history. One thing is clear, it is a famous movement
during WWI, more specifically on the year 1961.

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SURREALISM:
In dreams we still do art.
After the emerging of Dada, Surrealism
came afterwards, this movement is
fascinated by the students of Sigmund
Freud because of the idea of the progress
of mind, the Surrealist is drawn to the
mysteries of dreams and the unconscious,
they liked the bizarre and the uncommon.
For them, the world is made of imagination
and individual expressiveness.

Giorgio de Chirico is the one who created

those invented worlds of Surrealism and
still one of the most famous worlds to ever
exist in imagination. This world depicted
that it is once desolated and empty but it is
filled with suggestions; deserted yet if is full
of puzzles and mystery.

Automatism- this is the creation of artwork

in an unconscious manner or control,
usually pertains as an intuition and dream
experience. Salvador’s Dali, Soft
Construction with Boiled Beans:
Premonition of Civil Was is a uncommon
and thrilling kind of dream or nightmare
image. Like dreams, paintings show the
changes and shifts of the subjects.

Icons of Surrealism in the Philippines:

Since Surrealists have been attracting number of viewers and establish an artistic
direction to what the modern Filipino are looking forward to. Two famous Filipino
artists started the Surrealism in the country. They were Galo Ocampo and
Hernando Ocampo.

A solution was offered when Surrealism started after the trauma of World War I.
Galo Ocampo and H.R Ocampo’s artworks became a sturdy expression of the
Filipino’s sentiments, especially during the time of WWII

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 Let’s APPLY

Activity 2: Determine the Difference.

List down at least five specific points in determining whether an artwork is under
Surrealism or Dadaism. This can be from their characteristic origin, various painters,
and some of the famous artworks. This activity is worth 20 points.

Surrealism Dadaism

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 Let’s ANALYZE

Activity 3: Surreal or Dada? Which is Which?

Directions: Identify the following artworks (title, artist & either Dadaism or Surrealism)
and explain what are the specific points on the painting for it to be part of Surrealism
or Dadaism.

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 Let’s EVALUATE

Activity 4: Be an Art Critic!

1. Pick one artwork that you like that has an art style of Surrealism and Dadaism.
2. Provide the necessary details about the artwork (e.g. artist, name, year, title.)
3. List down the things that you notice on the whole artworks itself, you can
depend on the characteristics given for Surrealism and Dadaism and your own
understanding for the feeling and message conveyed by the artwork.
4. Use the provided space below. This activity is worth 30 points.

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 Let’s CREATE

Activity 5: Let’s Create Something from Our Dreams

Directions: On a separate paper, make an artwork with any dry medium available in
your home (e.g. oil/soft pastel, color pencil, ink). Please do take note that the given
artwork should be inclined with the following characteristics of Surrealism and
Dadaism You can use any available impressionistic artwork for reference.

Rubrics:
1. 20 points – Cleanliness and following instructions.
2. 50 points – Based on the different characteristic of Surrealism and Dadaism
3. 30 points – Creativity of the work itself.