This exhibit will examine some of the ways in which Surrealist artists treated, or mistreated the human body. Prints by Hans Bellmer and Dorothea Tanning from the permanent collection will be on display, along with two etchings by Max Ernst, on loan from the High Museum of Art, and a drawing by Joan Miro from a private collection.
This exhibit will examine some of the ways in which Surrealist artists treated, or mistreated the human body. Prints by Hans Bellmer and Dorothea Tanning from the permanent collection will be on display, along with two etchings by Max Ernst, on loan from the High Museum of Art, and a drawing by Joan Miro from a private collection. Emory Library's Special Collections has generously lent copies of the Surrealist journal, Minotaure, featuring work by Salvador Dali. The exhibition is organized by Megan McShane, Ph.D. candidate in the Art History Department and Margaret Shufeldt, assistant curator of works on paper, with the assistance of Dr. Clark Poling, professor in the Art History Department.
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