Exploring Automatism

Surrealism is an art movement that took Europe by storm in the 1920s. The intriguing yet controversial subject matter would influence art styles to come. One art movement that greatly influenced by Surrealism was Abstract Expressionism, a movement that was founded twenty years after Surrealism. Abstract Expressionism was an American art movement that focused on applying automatic drawing and painting as a form of expression. Although both art movements have vastly different appearances, the fundamental core of both are identical. Continue reading →