Abstract
The article reveals the preconditions for the emergence and features of surrealism as an artistic direction. The rejection of the traditions of realism, the autonomy of the artist's personality, irony, playfulness in creativity, the scandalous and shocking nature of his presentation are due to the turning point of the era. The study of surrealism is aimed at forming a systematic, holistic view of the art of the past century in the reader, developing his own position in relation to its diverse innovations. The influence of scientific art criticism in the field of surrealism on the formation of aesthetic views of modern Kazakhstani artists is considered. Philosophy, art or the real sciences: life, death, time, memory, war, love - these topics are always relevant for all areas of humanity and worldview. Describes traditional and modern artistic techniques used in the author's works of art based on the symbolic texts of surrealism. In today's era of globalization, when the country seeks to rethink its original culture and form a national idea and ideology, one of the most pressing problems of the modern era is the study of the origins and nature of our national traditional art.