1. Surrealism
... the wish for absolute freedom..to set people free, to save them." Surrealists defied rationalism and strove to create artworks that were untainted by the conscious mind. Their fascination with dreams, sexuality, madness, to name a few, served as inspirations for their artworks. The object was a very popular medium for ... environment, simply waiting to be called an artwork. The Surrealist uses the most common, material objects and creates it into an object of the mind. In the nineteenth century, the depiction of ironing in art identified the remorseless labour of women; Man Ray's Gift co...
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