Surrealism: The Dada Movement

After the Dada movement, Surrealism was born in the early 20th century. Dada was an artistic movement that brought about just as much thought as reactions to World War I did. The Dada movement was mostly based on irrational thoughts over rational ones, free art as well as human expectations. Unlike this concept, Surrealism did not have a war idea behind it, rather it had more of an imaginative notion. With guidance of subconscious dreams, Surrealism emerged, letting the imagination go untethered by consciousness. During this movement, critics and admirers could see an immense number of male artists photographing female bodies, mostly focusing on female faces and torsos. They used special techniques that created outlines of the female bodies …show more content…
The object of Ray’s works “are [what] we accept today as inventions of the interwar years known through reproductive means” (Man Ray). This creative style differed from the spontaneity that Bing took to the street. From the different backgrounds, both have, I can infer that there will be some noticeable characteristics that made both successful photographers for their time. Their backgrounds will also show contrasting styles of the two movements they were both a part of. Some of Man Ray’s images that I will use to compare with Bing in this essay are “Clock Wheels” and “Marquise …show more content…
Coming out of the Dada movement and going into a Surrealistic movement, viewers can see a dramatic shift in the images created. Man Ray shone very bright when he started creating images with objects and making them seem as if they were moving. He was also a key photographer to show images that people could be created using emotion and imagination. Although Ilse Bing was also part of this Surrealist movement, she took images that represented the movement in a more realistic way. Distinct views are seen coming from a female compared to a male’s view, such as Ilse Bing and Man Ray