This painting was done by Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), it is called Paradise. This painting could perhaps show Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Following the usual Surrealist work of art, it is surprising and confusing, philosophical more than art. The many dark and different confusing colors suggesting different shapes or figures, is standard for many Surrealist works of art. Surrealism came as a result of Dada, which ridiculed the bourgeoisie and most of the modern world following World War One.Dada was a result of the major pessimism felt by the majority following World War One. Artists reflected this in their art, leading to strange and often disturbing art that ridiculed the modern world and the middle class,which the artists saw as the cause for World War One. Dada and Surrealism are often associated with the "anti-art" movement, in which artists reject most conventional ideas of art. Surrealism is also usually defined by its bizarre and often dream-like pieces of art. This painting reflects that because it is quite confusing as to what the true purpose of this painting is. Surrealists reveled in this because they saw there art as a way to show personal philosophies rather than be simple art.
