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Learning to Look | Surrealism: The Early Years

Take a deep dive into the early years of Surrealism with Professor John Cino and the Patchogue Arts Council. This program is presented in partnership with the Patchogue Arts Council and the in-person portion of this program will take place at MoCA LI.

Join ZOOM program with Meeting ID: 880 1524 8901 and Passcode: 419010

In 1924, poet André Breton declared the death of Dada and authored the Surrealist Manifesto. He gathered visual artists from the remnants of Dada and held the first Surrealist exhibition in 1925.

Early Surrealism became known as Abstract Surrealism, with a focus on automatism—an approach that used spontaneity and chance to develop imagery. Key abstract surrealists include Max Ernst, André Masson, Joan Miró, and Yves Tanguy.

As interest in the movement began to wane, Breton introduced new artists such as Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, whose tightly rendered works became known as Representational Surrealism.

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