Surrealism and Dada

Dadaism and Surrealism are the two important art movements of the early 20th century. These avant-garde movements had a profound worldwide influence on contemporary art, culture, and literature. Artists of both movements were recognized for their highly innovative introspective expressions.

These two significant trends laid the foundation of Modernism as well as other movements in art, literature, and philosophy. Even though a significant number of Dada artists converted to surrealism, the two movements were fundamentally very different from each other that represent two different cultural contexts and time periods.