Comparing and Contrasting Dada and Surrealism
of consciousness. Both Dada and surrealism have survived, planting seeds that have flourished in several other genres and eras. Both Dada and surrealism have the capacity to be conceptual, using the media to convey a message that is beyond the sum of its visual parts. Yet surrealist artists do aim for an aesthetic harmony that is evident in works by Magritte and Dali. It is almost as if Dada seeks to destroy, and surrealism seeks to put the pieces back together again—albeit in an unconventional, illogical, psychedelic or phantasmagorical way. Understandably then, there seems to be more anger… Continue Reading...