Surrealism Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo And Gustav Klimt

The human brain has a way of personifying concepts that would by most means be considered to posses no human qualities. Surrealism is a product of such a brain function, while surrealist art varies in theme and style, all surrealist artwork is characterized as an attempt to capture the unconscious aspects of creativity through juxtaposing of symbol. One common theme among all movements of art is the concept of death and the afterlife. As Surrealism began to take form in the 20th century artist such as Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, and Gustav Klimt began to use surrealist ideas to describe complying themes as death. Surrealism is a practically powerful style to represent death as it relies primarily on the views interpretation over the†¦show more content†¦Dali’s decision to name the piece the Persistence of Memory in some ways can also be interrupted to be related to death as Dali can be quoted in stating â€Å"[I] believe in general death but in the death of Dali abso lutely not. [i] believe in my death becoming almost impossible† in this quote he is referring to himself in the third person to refer to his memory. Just as his work in suggest, memory is much more persistent than out mortal existence. Death is an ideal that is intercity intertwined with our idea of self. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican surrealist painter who painted primarily emotional works that were often self-portraits depicting herself among motifs of nature. In her painting The Wounded Deer Kahlo depicts many arrows puckering the skin of a deer’s body while the head is an expressionless self-portrait with the antlers of a stag. Kahlo’s natural motif. According to Christopher Muscato of the University of Northern Colorado â€Å"Kahlos right foot and leg had been crushed in a bus accident, â€Å" and as a result Kahlo constantly referenced this incident, in the Wounded Deer many believe that Kahlo is referring to when â€Å"[she] returned to Mexico in greater pa in than before, and suffering from emotional depression† (Muscato). This is further indicated as in the lower left corner of the painting the word â€Å"Carma† is written as to refer to Kahlo’s inability to escape her destiny. In her painting Autorretrato con Changuito Kahlo depicts herself surrounded by a monkey, her