"Drawing Surrealism" Exhibition
The Morgan Library & Museum
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Bringing together more than 160 works on paper by such iconic artists as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, and Joan Miró, this is the first major exhibition to explore the central role of drawing in surrealism, one of the most important movements in twentieth-century art. Once considered a minor medium, drawing became a predominant means of expression and innovation among surrealist artists in the first half of the twentieth century, resulting in a rich array of graphic techniques including automatic drawing, collage, decalcomania, exquisite corpse, and frottage.
"Drawing Surrealism" will offer multiple new perspectives on the emergence, evolution, and influence of this revolutionary movement. It will also explore the international impact of surrealist drawing by featuring important works on paper by over seventy artists from fifteen different countries, from Eastern and Western Europe, North and South America, and Japan.
[Image: Francis Picabia "Olga" (1930) graphite pencil and crayon on paper, Bequest of Mme Lucienne Rosenberg 1995 CNAC/MNAM/Dist.RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris]
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Schedule
from January 25, 2013 to April 21, 2013
Artist(s)
Francis Picabia, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Joan Miró et al.