8th Grade Surrealist Collages

In their first collage unit of the year, our 8th Grade artists recently studied the Surrealist Art Movement. Using Surrealist artwork as their inspiration, they used images from National Geographic and other magazines to compose Surrealist artworks of their own. Tying in ELA themes of storytelling, symbolism, and metaphor, many of the collages demonstrate use of visual symbolism to represent complex thoughts and ideas. The resulting works range from mystical, to eerie, to comical.

Each of these works is currently on display at the East Boston Public Library, and will be exhibited there until January 20th, 2017.