CUBISM,

DADAISM, &
SUREALISM
 CUBISM
• CUBISM IS AN ART STYLE CHARACTERIZED
RECONSTRUCTION OF OBJECTS BASED ON
GEOMETRIC FIGURES. FROM THE WORD “CUBE” IT
USES SHAPES TO FORM THE SUBJECT MATTER OF
THE PAINTING.
• DOES NOT FOLLOW LAWS OF PERSPECTIVE, USES
FLAT SHAPES AND MASSES TO FORM SUBJECT,
AND BREAKS UP SPACE INTO JAGGED PLANES
WITHOUT LOGIC.
 PABLO PICASSO &
GEORGE BRAQUE
• IN TURN, BEGAN THE THOUGHT THAT
ALL OBJECTS IN NATURE CAN BE
BASED ON SHAPE LIKE THE
TRIANGLE, SQUARE, SPHERE,
CYLINDER, OR CONE.
HOW DID CUBISM INFLUENCE
FILIPINO ARTISTS?
• CUBISM CONTRIBUTED
SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE EVENTUAL
ACCEPTANCE OF MODERN ART IN THE
PHILIPPINES. THE MOST FAMOUS
FILIPINO COBIST ARTIST IS
“VINCENTE MANANSALA.
MANANSALA HARDLY TORE THE IMAGE
INTO PIECES LIKE MANY JIGSAW
FRAGMENTS THE WAY PICASSO AND
BRAQUE DID IN THEIR WORKS. HE HAS
HIS OWN “EASY TO UNDERSTAND”
KIND OF CUBISM: “TRANSPARENT”
CUBISM - WHICH HE CLAIMED HE
DEVELOPED ALL BY HIMSELF.
THIS APPROACH SHOWS
IMAGES, SAY, BIRDS IN
FLIGHT, AS
TRANSPARENCIES OR
“GLAZES” THAT
INTERLOOK AND
OVERLAP WHICH DO NOT
PRESENT MUCH DEPTH
THAT IS PRESENT IN
THE CUBISM.
 DADAISM
• WITH SATIRICAL, SARCASTIC, OR REBELIOUS
MEANING THROUGH SILLY, ABSURB, OR STUPID
RELATIONSHIPS OF OBJECTS, IN HUMOROUS,
CLEVER, OR WITTY MANNER.
• EXPERIMENTED WITH LAWS OF CHANCE (LIKE IN
CHANCE MUSIC).
• DID NOT FAVOR ANY MEDIUM, BUT INSTEAD USED
EVERYTHING FROM PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES,
ASSEMBLAGE, AND HAPPENINGS.
MONALISA WITH A
MUSTACHE
*EUROPE WAS ALREADY CHAOTIC
BEFORE WW1. EINSTEIN SEEMED
FICTION, FREUD PUT LOGIC TO THE
UNCONSCIOUS, MARX TURNED
SOCIETY INVERTED, SCHEONBERG’S
MUSIC WAS DISSONANT, AND PICASSO
KUMBLED ANATOMY. MORE RADICAL
IDEAS INVOLVED, WITH REBELS AND
NIHILIST WORKING ON POLITICS.
 THE MOST WELL-KNOWN DADAIST
WAS “MARCEL DUCHAMP” WHOSE
WORKS ORDINARY, SELECTED, AND
WITH LITTLE OR NO ALTERATION.
USING INDUSTRIALLY MANUFACTURED
OBJECTS OR READY-MADES,
DUCHAMP BELIEVED THAT ART CAN BE
MADE FROM ANYTHING.
 DUCHAMP’S FOUNTAIN WAS VERY
PROVOCATIVE. IN AN AXHIBIT, ORGANIZERS
MENTIONED THAT ALL ENTRIES SHALL BE
ACCEPTED. DUCHAMP WANTED TO TEST IF
THEY REALLY MEANT THAT. WHEN HIS UNIRAL
WAS REJECTED FOR ITS OUTRAGEOUSNESS,
DUCHAMP SAID THAT HE TOOK AN ORDINARY
OBJECT AND PLACED IT IN THE ART GALLERY
SO THAT ITS USEFUL SIGNIFICANCE WILL
DISAPPEAR, CREATING NEW MEANING FOR
THAT OBJECT.
 SURREALISM
• SURREALISM IN ART MEANS SHOWING THE IMAGE
OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. SEARREALISTS
WANTED TO TAP INTO A “ HIGHER REALITY” THAN
WHAT THE EYE SEES IN THE REAL WORLD. THEY
CHANNELEDTHE UNCONSCIOUS AS A MEANS TO
UNLOCK THE POWER OF HUMAN IMAGINATION. AS
A RESULT, THEY PRODUCED SUPRISING AND
UNEXPECTED IMAGERY.
*THEIR WORKS REACHED INTO THE WORLD OF
THE PRIVATE MIND, WHICH IS USUALLY
RESTRICTED BY REASON AND SOCIAL
LIMITATIONS.
*SURREALISTS FOUND MAGIC AND STRANGE
BEAUTY IN THE UNEXPECTED, STRANGE,
MYSTERIOUS, CREEPY, OR SUPERNATURAL.
*MANY SURREALIST ARTIST USED
“AUTOMATISM”(Unconscios or involuntary act) IN
DRAWING TO UNLOCK IDEAS AND IMAGES FROM
THEIR UNCONSCIOUS MINDS,WHILE OTHERS
DEPICTED HIDDEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TENSIONS.
 SALVADOR DALI

*IS AMONG THE MOST VERSATILE AND

PROLIC ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY
AND THE MOST SURREALIST.
His Famous Work:THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
*THIS PAINTNG WAS DONE IN THE MIDDLE OF
HALLUCINATION,DALI WAS ACRUALLY SUPRISED
BY WHAT CAME OUT HIS HANDS.THE MELTING
CLOCKS SHOW THAT TIME IS
ETERNAL,COM[LEX,AND RELATIVE,AS INFLUENCED
BY EINSTEIN’S THEORY.THE ANTS ON THE
CLOCKED WATCH SIGNIFY THE DECAY OF HUMANS
SENSE OF TIME AND NATURE.TOGETHER WITH THE
FLY,THESE INSECT SYMBOLIZE
DEATH,DISINTEGRATION,AND A PARASATIC
RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME.
HOW DID SURREALISM
INFLUENCE PHILIPPINE ART?

-SURREALIST ATTRACTED A NUMBER OF

ADHERENTS AND GAVE THE ARTISTIC
DIRECTION TO WHAT FILIPINO MODERNISTS
WERE LOOKING FOR.GALO AND HERNANDO
OCAMPO ARE TWO PIONEERS OF
SURREALISM IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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