Giorgio de Chirico
Joseph Cornell
Salvador Dali'
Marcel Duchamp
Max Ernst
Alberto Giacometti
Arshile Gorky
Rene' Magritte
Man Ray
Andre' Masson
Joan Miro'
Pablo Picasso
Leonora Carrington
Frida Kahlo
Dorothea Tanning
Desire Unbound. A central theme of Surrealism, a major artistic movement of the 20th century, was desire in its many manifestations. This exhibition will present the richness and diversity of this obsessive but very human and constant theme through more than 300 paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs and films.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor
A central theme of Surrealism, a major artistic movement of the 20th
century, was desire in its many manifestations. The first major survey of
Surrealism in more than 20 years, this exhibition will present the richness
and diversity of this obsessive but very human and constant theme through
more than 300 paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and
films.
The selection ranges in date from the decade anticipating the first
manifestations of Surrealism in 1924 to more recent years. Artists
represented include Giorgio de Chirico, Joseph Cornell, Salvador DalÃ,
Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Arshile Gorky, René
Magritte, Man Ray, André Masson, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picasso.
Many
of the icons of the Surrealist dream will be displayed as well as important
works by artists not yet widely known. The achievement of women
associated with the Surrealists, sometimes overlooked in previous
surveys, will be strongly represented by painters such as Leonora
Carrington, Frida Kahlo, and Dorothea Tanning.
The exhibition is made possible in part by Jane and Robert Carroll. The
exhibition has been organized by Tate Modern, London. An indemnity has
been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
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