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San Juan, E.J. "Antonio Gramsci on Surrealism and the Avant-Garde. " Journal of Aesthetic Education 37.2 (2003): 31-45. Ohio Link. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how Surrealism began. Surrealism has formed and progressed in history from the works of Salvador Dali (one of the core artists within Surrealism) with the hope of building a society based liberty and justice. Surrealism has been said to clarify the questions within this art movement and provide a better understanding of the works done. Though it has been built from the French language, Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci, founded the innovative journal and expressed that art is "the historicization and objectification of vision/intuition." Surrealists believe in the possibilities of unrealistic thoughts and illogical behavior that can build up to contemporary ideas in art. The surrealist movement has interpreted an inspiring, yet different interpretation of reality.