What did Dada and Surrealism say about our society?

International in scope and diverse in artistic output, both Dada and Surrealism were artistic, literary and intellectual movements of the early 20th century that were ... read more

Breton started with a cold hatred of society and everything it represented, especially militarism. His friend Jacques Vache, an odd GI to say the least, embodied Dadaism for him more than Tristan Tzara ever did. When Vache died, I think Breton began something else which would ultimately become Surrealism. read more

Surrealism was officially inaugurated in 1924 when the writer André Breton published the Manifesto of Surrealism. Similar to Dada, Surrealism was characterized by a profound disillusionment with and condemnation of the Western emphasis on logic and reason. read more