Are you Dreaming? Are you Confused? Are you Uncomfortable? Are you Insane?
Surrealism Project
CLO: Students will understand the basic ideologies behind Surrealism and be able to emulate the style through Photoshop/Illustrator creations. Students will be able to reflect on their process while offering constructive criticism to their peers to assist in the revision process.
Standards:
CVAS3: Invent and Discover to Create: ...To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving formulating and imagining art...
ARVD.03.02.a Identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities necessary for the current
workforce (i.e., Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Self Direction, Invention).ARVD.02.01.c Investigate to gather information necessary for decision making.
ARVD.02.01.d Employ ongoing reflective strategies during the design process.
Standards:
CVAS3: Invent and Discover to Create: ...To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving formulating and imagining art...
ARVD.03.02.a Identify and demonstrate positive work behaviors and personal qualities necessary for the current
workforce (i.e., Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Collaboration, Self Direction, Invention).ARVD.02.01.c Investigate to gather information necessary for decision making.
ARVD.02.01.d Employ ongoing reflective strategies during the design process.
Requirements:
- RGB format
- 11X17 or similar
- 300DPI
- Project must exude the traits of Surrealism. Make your audience confused, uncomfortable and feeling unstable!!
- Color or B+W or combination of the 2.
- Must combine edited photos, have a clear environment/setting, and communicate your intention.
New Vocabulary:
Surrealism: An art movement of the 1920's which began in Paris consisting of confusing and bizarre dreamlike paintings.
Artists: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte
Surrealism: An art movement of the 1920's which began in Paris consisting of confusing and bizarre dreamlike paintings.
Artists: Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte
Artist Statement Prompts:
Bridge Artist Statement Prompts
1. Why have you created this artwork and what was your overall vision?
2. What reaction do you expect from your audience and were you successful? Why?
3. How does this work relate to your previous work?
4. What sources and inspiration (Including surrealist artists and pieces) did you draw from to create this work?
5. What specific techniques were important to your work and why?
Please address all prompts in a thoughtful, thorough manner.
- What aspects of Surrealism inspired your artwork?
- What message does your artwork communicate?
- What skills did you use to create your artwork?
- What problems did you run into and how did you solve them?
- How do you hope this work makes your audience feel?
Bridge Artist Statement Prompts
1. Why have you created this artwork and what was your overall vision?
2. What reaction do you expect from your audience and were you successful? Why?
3. How does this work relate to your previous work?
4. What sources and inspiration (Including surrealist artists and pieces) did you draw from to create this work?
5. What specific techniques were important to your work and why?
Please address all prompts in a thoughtful, thorough manner.