An art style originating in the 20th century, which portrays or interprets the workings of the unconscious mind as manifested in dreams.

Some of the common features include:

• Dream-like scenes and symbolic images
• Unexpected, illogical juxtapositions
• Bizarre assemblages of ordinary objects
• Automatism and a spirit of spontaneity
• Games and techniques to create random effects
• Personal iconography
• Visual puns
• Distorted figures and biomorphic shapes
• Uninhibited sexuality and taboo subjects
• Primitive or child-like designs

See also

• abstract_art
• psychedelic
• superflat
• what