Communication – surrealism and René Magritte

The rise of the surrealist movement brought about controversy and hence discussion, an instance of encouraging communication in of itself that would also allow the development of artistic and non-linguistic communication. René Magritte – known today as one of the founding fathers of surrealism – was open and honest on the lack of deliberate meaning, his intentions on crafting purely obscure, dreamlike art. Here René became an example of the chaos and playfulness impressionists aimed to bring, to push the boundaries of language, by replacing words with feelings and sentences with recollections of dreams. To this day surrealism has inspired and eases itself into modern art, René had succeeded more than his plans to simply paint in the obscure and then new and fun ways he wanted. Within surrealism and in the mind of a surrealist artist, the awe of a shared language – the dreamscape and it’s travelers experiences – comes naturally, and hence these artists and their movement impose itself on the art world where it becomes accepted and to this day still branches into the lives and understanding of other artists and their dreams and visions.

 

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