“Extinction of Useless Lights,” created by Yves Tanguy in 1927, is an exemplary work within the Surrealist movement, characterized as a landscape. The artwork features an abstract, dream-like setting depicting an otherworldly terrain under a murky, surreal sky. Organic, biomorphic forms populate the scene, seemingly lifeless and distorted, blending into a barren landscape marked by thin, brittle vegetation. A column-like feature stretches upwards on the left, with ghostly shapes reaching out from it, creating an eerie and uncanny impression. The composition integrates muted tones of brown and grey, evoking a sense of desolation and abandonment, true to the themes of Surrealism, where the boundaries of reality are blurred, and the subconscious mind reigns.
