Dream, memory and surrealism in Turkish art

Uncovering the mysteries and details of the subconscious mind and dreams has alwaysbeen a subject of interest for the people. Dream is the forefront in the act of surrealism and because of this, people always wonder about this topic and comment on it. Personality forming factors have always been suppresed by people. When the pressure is gone, expression appears and it reflects on art. The topic of the change of the appears in the dreams and it also contributes to surrealism. The important thing is the change of the object in the act of the surrealism.The definitions that are given to the image by the influence of the external world are completely changed in the surrealist thought; and as as a result the objects started to be defined by the artist's inner world, without any external influence. Human's inner world is a continuous fantasy world. Artists try to export this fantasy world in an effort to figure out the person's inner world. Artists reflect the deepness of their personality with their art. When the art begins to take shape with artist's style and personality, it begins to be more expressing. When the subconscious mind penetrates to the dream world, it also begins to penetrate artist's art world. If the spiritual art environment which has been blocked by the logic and aesthetic judgment can manage to ignore these phenomenons, it can get its own power for reflect itself easily. Now, a new understanding of the universe in a metaphysical universe is to penetrate the surrealist attitude to human life. Imaginary situation has allowed a better understanding of the man himself and his imagination to explore the world. Surrealism presents this purpose. Artists who struggled to reach the actual reality with automatism, magic, mysticism, humor techniques tried to empty their minds and reach solution of the inner world with reflect to their desires and claims.Form and color are not the fundamental elements insurrealism. The fundamental element of the surrealism is the emotion. Trends in Contemporary Turkish Art began to form when a group of artists from The Academy of Fine Arts went abroad and met new art environments and networks. Thus new trends art started to dominate Turkish Art. One of this trends is Surrealism. With surrealism and fantastic elements, Turkish artists have made big steps in improving modern art. The important things are dreams and secrets of the subconscious in this movement. Its purpose is to save the subconscious from the mind's yoke and get to know the man better. It aims to lead the man to cross his limits. Artists who try to bring man's inner world and fantasies on the forefront are interpreting nature with different meanings. Although the effecting trend is destructive, Surrealism is not a destructive act for the artists. It is a form of self expression. Turkish artists created this effect by examining the Western Art.