lonely landscapes, bizarre 

1920s Breton (was in art DADA) a poet sparked the surrealist movement ‘surrealism manifesto’ — actual functioning of thought, produce work free from aesthetic concerns, be in a Passive state of mind and start writing and the writing automatically turns to drawings — didn’t matter what it looked like as long as it channeled the unconscious 

Patriarchal and male dominated - conveys a unfair and seedy representation of women and are wrongly perceived 

1930 mannequin surrealist exhibition seen as a violation of women a visual representation of objectification of women

Hans bellmer disembodies the mannequins and cruelly disfigures them, disturbing overtones of violence and paedophilia as these are child mannequins

Ernsts collages worked to disturb logic and upset hierarchy - images from high and low culture combined and so mixed up and removed its original meaning

John stezaker — postcard collection combined with film stills to create A surreal magical composition, sees the dream world as real as the real world 

Dali a modest hyper realistic surrealist painter - says he contributed nothing to art and doesn’t see himself as a famous painter despite his very recognisable work

Dali had a paranoic critical method which was the viewers first impression of a piece is the one that fascinated him most he likes to see how peoples minds play tricks on them