intro and surrealism

Before I start with my blog postings I would like to introduce myself. My name is Lauren Hutton. I am currently a student at the State University of New York at New Paltz. I am double majoring in Metalsmithing and Visual Arts Education. After graduation I plan to pursue a career in the arts, hopefully teaching at a University or high school level. Ideally I would love to teach metalsmithing or jewelry classes. I began jewelry making during high school and am very passionate about it. I would love to pass on my passion to future students.

For our first blog post we were advised to write about Surrealism. Seeing as Salvador Dali was one of the leading artists of the Surrealist Movement it seems appropriate to discuss his work. The above painting is an image of Dali's Bomb. After the atomic bombing of World War II Dali's art was heavily inspired. His paintings showed images of atoms and molecules. These were essential because Dali considered them fundament parts of the unconscious. Based on these notions Bomb shows the influences of the atomic bomb. To see more of Dali's artwork click on the link shown below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovX6xGlJE8&feature=fvst