Born in the late 1910s and early 1920’s, artists sought out to release their unrestrained imagination of the subconscious through experimenting with a new form of expression called automatism that in turn led to the birth of the surrealist movement. Martinez-Conde et al state that the movement blurred the line between the real and imagined which was most evident in the works of Salvador Dali (2015). Salvador Dali is a surrealist artist whose name became synonymous to the word surrealism. Dali’s work included numerous illusions that focused to challenge the “viewers’ perception of reality and to enable them to see beyond the surface” (Martinez-Conde et al, 2015). Similarly, a Canadian artist by the name of Rob Gonsalves has incorporated the
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The most noticeable element of this painting is the use of double images. There are three individual faces in the painting and within those faces are images. In the foreground of the painting are arches and holes within a wall as well as random objects that are of geometrical shapes (square, circles), the background consist of landscapes (Hills, trees, etc). In addition to the aforementioned, he has painted several people in the piece, as all together with the aforesaid blend in together to create the three faces. Furthermore, Dali applies lighter hues and shading values for the three “faces” which challenges our perception and leads it to make sense of the piece by grouping these elements together to create the faces. The old age and adolescence are easy to detect whereas infancy is harder to detect as it blends more with the background than the other two. Another interesting detail within the painting is the use of trees and branches. Between the infant and adolescence there is a young tree growing out of the wall whereas, in the old age face there is a full-grown tree protruding out of the top of the head. Some of the visible forms of surrealism present within the piece include, the idea of unconscious, bizarre, irrationality, dream, double image and
The most noticeable element of this painting is the use of double images. There are three individual faces in the painting and within those faces are images. In the foreground of the painting are arches and holes within a wall as well as random objects that are of geometrical shapes (square, circles), the background consist of landscapes (Hills, trees, etc). In addition to the aforementioned, he has painted several people in the piece, as all together with the aforesaid blend in together to create the three faces. Furthermore, Dali applies lighter hues and shading values for the three “faces” which challenges our perception and leads it to make sense of the piece by grouping these elements together to create the faces. The old age and adolescence are easy to detect whereas infancy is harder to detect as it blends more with the background than the other two. Another interesting detail within the painting is the use of trees and branches. Between the infant and adolescence there is a young tree growing out of the wall whereas, in the old age face there is a full-grown tree protruding out of the top of the head. Some of the visible forms of surrealism present within the piece include, the idea of unconscious, bizarre, irrationality, dream, double image and