The Comfort Cottage

As we reach its 100th anniversary, surrealism's relevance is at its peak because of the awful political climate that is once again compelling rebellion against reason.             Surrealism and its 100 years of history have once again reached the surface of our daily lives. The current political and human state elicits doubt toward the very structure of reason and logic that society applies. Just like how it was in 1914-1919, a time when reason and the rational world were blamed for the horror of World War I and The Spanish Flu Pandemic, the horror of today is also receiving the same response. The skepticism toward the world and the political power that lies within the people were stimulated through art rejecting logic and reason. The artists of that time created art with surreal imagery and graphics that subtly challenged the notions of reality. The Face of War (1940) by Salvador Dali So why is Surrealism more relevant than ever t...