Yves Tanguy and Alexander Calder "Between Surrealism and Abstraction"
Mnuchin Gallery
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In 1942, Peggy Guggenheim famously wore one earring by Tanguy and one by Calder to the opening of Art of This Century. With "Yves Tanguy and Alexander Calder," L&M Arts continues her gesture of impartiality "between Surrealist and abstract art." The two-floor installation begins in the mid-1930s and proceeds through the mid-1950s, suggesting an aesthetic affinity between Tanguy's paintings and Calder's constructions. While the early biomorphic shapes of both painting and sculpture remind us of shared associations to Surrealism, later structural and precariously balanced compositions force viewers to look with, what Nicolas Calas called, "an attitude of expectancy."
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from April 21, 2010 to July 09, 2010