Compare And Contrast Realism And Surrealism

Robert Hobbs tells us in his article Early Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism, that over the years the Abstract Expressionists were stumbling through a number of half understood truths about modern art and attempting to find a way to communicate their feelings about the apocalyptic state of the world. The Abstract Expressionism movement is similar in many ways to the 1920’s Surrealism movement. There are similarities and differences between the two styles. Hobbs tells us that although both Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism are concerned with the subconscious or unconscious mind, the former is classical in orientation whereas the latter is romantic.

Both Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism focus on allowing the subconscious mind to