The Invisible Dog - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Invisible Dog. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Stephen Morrison “Dog Show #1: The Dinner Party”
The Invisible Dog presents Stephen Morrison’s first solo exhibition. Morrison, a longtime lover of dogs, had an epiphany two years ago while working on a painted portrait of his childhood pet. He realized...More »
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Paz Corona “Lo que vi, Chile 1973–2019”
The Invisible Dog presents Lo que vi, a new work by artist Paz Corona, who has been living in Paris since 1973. Corona’s exhibition, which includes three films and a ceramic installation, is “a device...More »
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Iviva Olenick “Plant(n)ation: Brooklyn As Farm”
Through a sculptural garden installation, local artist, Iviva Olenick is “greening” the exterior of the Invisible Dog, celebrating contributions of native and nonnative plants (and peoples) to the (bio)diversity...More »
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Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin “50 States: Arkansas & Political Gestures”
Houston-based artists Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin present two new pieces, the fifth in their ongoing series of interdisciplinary installations that connect little known LGBTQI2 histories from each state...More »
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Maria Baranova “Faces Of Downtown Scene”
Faces of Downtown Scene is a portrait project dedicated to New York’s experimental performance community. Over the past two years, while working as a photographer for off-off Broadway theater and dance,...More »
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Chris Klapper & Patrick Gallagher “Dataatadata: Everything and Nothing”
“Dataatadata: Everything and Nothing” is an immersive sound installation that centers around a 30 day performance and the creation of an intricate, large scale mandala. Building out the gallery to create...More »
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Ian Trask “Waste of Space”
As humans irrevocably wreak havoc on Earth’s ecosystem, like a doomed parasite devouring its host, we cling to an optimistic hope for salvation through space travel. Waste of Space presents Ian Trask’s...More »
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Abraham Mcnally “Intervals”
For INTERVALS, Abraham McNally presents a series of over 100 hand carved sculptures made of wood and wool. Poplar and cedar logs were cut and milled with a chainsaw at his childhood home; a Christmas tree...More »
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Caroline Cloutier “In-Between”
For In-Between at the Invisible Dog Center’s Glass House, Caroline Cloutier uses the mirror as an extension of the photographic device to produce images. She thus brings the out-of-field space inside the...More »
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Kevin Waldron “Animal Behavior”
This exhibition features the most recent work of Kevin Waldron, resident artist at The Invisible Dog. The pieces, done in oil pastels, showcase Kevin’s signature style of bright and bold colorful images...More »
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Anne Mourier “Elevation”
Anne Mourier’s second solo exhibition at the Invisible Dog Art Center, Elevation, invokes the forces of the feminine reemerging in today’s society. A pensive procession of pails of water leads from the...More »
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Abraham McNally and a canary torsi Exhibition
AUTHOR by a canary torsi Author a participatory video installation that invites each audience member to share their memories as spectators by interacting with the project’s archive through a computer...More »
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Abraham Mcnally “Wheelock by Wheelock”
This exhibition features work Abe made with his father at his childhood home; a Christmas tree farm in Northern Vermont. The single sculpture is made of only two materials: wood and wool. Poplar logs were...More »
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Spencer Merolla “Material Remains”
Material Remains reimagines the Glass House of The Invisible Dog as a modern day globe de mariée, a decorative object which mingled souvenir and talisman to enshrine the memories, hopes, and dreams for...More »
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Hervé Tullet “This Isn’t Trash”
Wildly imaginative artist Hervé Tullet -known for his beloved children’s book Press Here -presents his first-ever exhibition in New York This Isn’t Trash. He will fill The Invisible Dog Art Center with...More »
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Calvin Stalvig “Unfounded”
Unfounded is an installation sewn, welded and kept in the Glass House by craftsman/artist Calvin Stalvig, it meditates and contends with a history and home, poverty and being raised as the eldest black...More »
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Nick Von Kleist “Roseroserose”
ROSEROSEROSE is an interactive sound installation that explores trauma, grief, and memory. The work fully activates through audience interaction, in two ways: preparation and submission. Preparation: guests...More »
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“Wonderland III” Exhibition
Once again, Wonderland brings together more than 20 of our favorite artists that you know and love, artists we’ve recently discovered and this year features the video installation PERFORMANCE PORTRAIT...More »
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“Performance | Portrait” Exhibition
The Invisible Dog presents a canary torsi’s new responsive video installation, Performance | Portrait. The work invites each visitor to an encounter with a performer. Grounded in questions of intimacy...More »
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JJ Lind “THE ALLOTMENT”
THE ALLOTMENT is a mixed-media sculptural installation by JJ Lind composed of dirt, sod, reclaimed wood, clay, and other detritus recovered from his allotted native family homestead in Oklahoma and transported...More »
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“In a Post-World : Post-Punk Art Now” Exhibition
In a Post-World : Post-Punk Art Now brings together artists and authors, many of whose works are linked to the ideology, ethics and aesthetics of the punk movement. Initially associated with the field...More »
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Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin “50 States: Texas; Oklahoma; Colorado”
The culmination of two years of on-the-ground research and development in the three states. Part of Nick & Jake’s 50 STATES project, a series of 50 large scale installations to be completed over the...More »
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Emily Johnson “Body”
Body is a participatory installation for the land supporting the building it is housed in. Originally created for the ground beneath the 100 year old gymnasium at Headlands Center for the Arts it is re-envisioned...More »
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“Rutgers In New York: MFA Exhibition”
The Invisible Dog presents Mason Gross School of the Arts’ MFA class of 2016. The exhibition will showcase singular pieces from 20 MFA students, celebrating their individual thesis accomplishments in this...More »
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“Anima” Exhibition
The multi-sensory exhibition Anima is a meditation on the divide between Man and Animal and a reflection on the concept of the soul as told through a legendary Lacandon figure, K’in Obregon. Obregon is...More »
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Andrea DeFelice and Ryan Frank “Rauder Thradur (Red Thread in Icelandic)”
Rauder Thradur (Red Thread in Icelandic) features the work of Brooklyn-based artists Andrea DeFelice and Ryan Frank who examine time and space through the transparent structure of the Glass House. DeFelice...More »
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Jon Kinzel “Atlantic Terminus”
Evolving over two weeks, Jon Kinzel will sustain an onsite, multi-faceted studio practice in the gallery, creating new work daily. The artist aims to disclose his particular history of making connections...More »
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“Wonderland” Exhibition
Welcome to Wonderland, the Invisible Dog’s second winter group show. This exhibition will feature paintings, photographs, sculptures, and illustrations from 20 different artists. You are sure to recognize...More »
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2FIK “3C”
In his third exhibition at The Invisible Dog, 2Fik reenacts random situations in our daily life in three locations, Quebec, France and Morocco. Displayed side by side as diptychs or triptychs, these photographed...More »
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Julie Tremblay “In Your House”
The project In Your House by Julie Tremblay at the Invisible Dog Art Center is first and foremost about occupying and transforming a site, which in this case is a Glass House. A glass house lacks a boundary...More »
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Mathilde Roussel “Mass Production”
Running concurrently, Mathilde’s sculptures explore the cult of the perfect body in American culture, putting into perspective aspects of consumerism through a large paper pulp crop installation of muscular...More »
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Steven and William Ladd “Chapel”
The exhibit creates a space to reflect, relax, or be inspired by the medieval gothic glass windows of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, and the brothers’ vivid memories of entering confessionals as kids. ...More »
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“Rear Windows” Exhibition
Curators Pauline Vermare, International Center of Photography ICP & Martine Fougeron Here are five photographers captivated with the stories they have found hidden within the shadows of New York...More »
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Blister Pact “Ian Trask”
Ian Trask’s newest installation, Blister Pact, is an examination of the materialistic culture in which we live. There’s a product for every purpose, and a package for every product. The rapid obsolescence...More »
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Nicolas Touron “Artificial Moment”
NICOLAS TOURON is a storyteller, and like a gifted one of the oral tradition, he enhances and embellishes his tales each time they’re told. As an artist he creates engaging and complex work in both painting...More »
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Sophie Klafter “corpoReality”
SOPHIE KLAFTER is a photographer who has spent the past three years creating a series of portraits of people with physical differences and limitations. Ms. Klafter was born with a neuromuscular disorder...More »
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“WONDERLAND” Exhibition
This exhibition features paintings, photographs, sculptures, and illustrations from 17 different artists. You are sure to recognize artists from past exhibitions at the Invisible Dog and others from our...More »
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Sayeh Sarfaraz “Wolves in the Wall”
Wolves in the Wall presents two installations by Iranian-born Canadian artist Sayeh Sarfaraz. This exhibition was conceived specifically for the ground floor space at The Invisible Dog Art Center. It is...More »
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Claudia Paneca “State of Matter”
For her first solo exhibition in the United States, curated by Gaelle Porte, State of Matter, the Cuban artist Claudia Paneca poetically meditates on the nature of matter. The sculptor invites viewers...More »
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“INTERNATIONAL WEIRD COLLAGE SHOW (IWCS)” Exhibition
The visually mind bending INTERNATIONAL WEIRD COLLAGE SHOW (IWCS) continues it’s unstoppable global expedition and shape shifting collage exhibition series with it’s 8th edition and U.S. debut at Brooklyn’s...More »
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Shannon Finnegan “Should - Can’t”
We all have things we can’t do, but wish we could. We are all constantly failing to be our perfect selves. For her project at the Invisible Dog, artist Shannon Finnegan asked people to identify things...More »
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“Hive” Exhibition
From artists’ selection of material and media, to collaborations and conceptual works, the Invisible Dog Art Center’s 33 international artists pay homage to the inspiring environment in which they evolve...More »
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Mac Premo “It’s Later Than You Think”
You are going to die. And soon. But hey, in the meantime there’s baseball, steak, your family… Cold comfort, or the true stuff of life? In Mac Premo’s exhibition, he looks at how it’s the little things...More »
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“A Marriage: 2 (West-Er)” Exhibition
As the third in Nick & Jake’s series of immersive multi-media installations that examine how same-sex marriage fits into the American Dream, (WEST-ER) heads to the high desert of the American West....More »
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Heather Weston “At Home”
Heather Weston is a photographer living in New York City. The idea for AT HOME came together out of living in a 450 square foot apartment with her family in Brooklyn. She became intrigued by how other...More »
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Raja Feather Kelly “Andy Warhol’s Drella (I love you Faye Driscoll)” Performance
The feath3r theory Presents: Andy Warhol’s DRELLA (I love you Faye Driscoll)’ is a movement-based drag performance essay inspired by Andy Warhol’s alter ego “Drella” — a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella,...More »
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Sarah Maxfield “We deserve each other, No.2”
Sarah Maxfield presents two installations as part of her Nonlinear Lineage project, an oral history and ephemera archive of experimental dance and performance in New York City. The first installation...More »
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Massimo Guerrera “Being Touched”
No, this exhibition will not simply be a display of objects. It will indeed count a variety of paintings, sculptures, drawings… but the whole is greater than the sum of these artworks. It is also more...More »
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"2Fik's Museum" Exhibition
Performer and photographer, 2Fik, returns to the Invisible Dog to present a brand new body of work. His previous exhibition, “2Fik or Not 2Fik”, featured photographs of 2Fik playing a variety of characters...More »
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"The Exploded Mind of Mulholland Hwang" Exhibition
Aaron Ruff and Oliver Jeffers come together again with a project that involves a fictitious boy and his fascination with battle, with nature’s quest for the domination of the biggest and the best, and...More »
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Ryan Frank "Handmade Frames"
Featuring a new series of work that combines Ryan Frank’s signature combination of sculpture and photography, using unique and custom-made frames for displaying his images. The subject of the photographs...More »
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"Prolonged Exposure" Exhibition
Prolonged Exposure, curated by Kaegan Sparks, explores boredom and restlessness as charged affects, suspended between detachment and agitation, inertia and change. Works in the exhibition respond to potentially...More »
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Steven & William Ladd "Shaboygen"
The Brooklyn-based brothers, Steven & William Ladd use locally-sourced materials to create energetic, meticulously crafted installations inspired by their shared childhood memories and life experiences....More »
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"Pros for memory" Exhibition
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"Siamese Connection 3012" Exhibition
- Media: Graphics - Painting - Drawing - Photography - Film - Performance Art
- 2012-07-21 - 2012-08-05
Thai Artists Alliance announces the third installment of its multidisciplinary arts showcase, Siamese Connection: 3012. While many have become focused on the world ending in 2012, Thai artists will take...More »
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"Everything is Index, Nothing is History" Exhibition
Everything is Index, Nothing is History is curated by Melanie Kress and Natalie Bell and features work from 19 emerging artists: Kate Bonner, Eric Carlson, J and James Carpenter, Courtney Chappell, Sarah...More »
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Prune Nourry "Holy River"
Holy River is a multimedia exhibition by the New York based artist Prune Nourry, and curated by Tatyana Franck. Sculptures, installations, photographs and videos will take over the entire ground floor...More »
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R. Justin Stewart "DISTORTING (A MESSIAH PROJECT, 13C)"
After two years of research, R. Justin Stewart, a professed agnostic, will install Distorting (a messiah project, 13C), an intricate environment constructed of fleece, rope and plastic that will serve...More »
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Daniel Horowitz "365"
Daniel Horowitz is an award-winning illustrator and art director. Working primarily as a digital artist over the last decade, one day Daniel Horowitz considered what might happen if he were to pull out...More »
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Federico Fellini "The Temptations of Dr. Antonio"
The Temptations of Dr. Antonio is easily one of the most entertaining offerings from his storied career. Fellini is at his most absurd and creative best here, utilizing wonderfully effective B-movie style...More »
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Lenora Champagne & Lizzie Olesker "Tiny Lights"
TINY LIGHTS: Memory’s Storehouse/Infinite Miniature is a collaboration between writer/performers Lenora Champagne and Lizzie Olesker. Comprised of two solos and a movement coda, TINY LIGHTS is an intimate...More »
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Mac Premo "The Dumpster Project"
The Dumpster Project is a work of transportable public art. The Dumpster Project is also a daily blog (www.thedumpsterproject.com). Fundamentally, though, The Dumpster Project is a physical taxonomy of...More »
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"American Idolatry" Exhibition
For seven days, American Idolatry will transform the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn into a house of worship. Throughout the week, the public will be invited to view artworks and performances, and...More »
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Chong Gon Byun "A Layer of the #1L"
Acclaimed Korean-born mixed media artist Chong Gon Byun gives found and discarded objects new meaning by using them to create sculptures and assemblages that explore the clash between post-industrial civilization...More »
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2Fik "2FIK OR NOT 2FIK"
As an artistic director, director, photographer and model, 2Fik captures pictures of himself that he likens to a single image. He can therefore be found several times in his photographs, in various attitudes...More »
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"Hermaphrodite" Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation
- 2011-09-17 - 2011-10-09
Artists in this exhibition were asked to directly or metaphorically respond to the idea of a hermaphrodite through their practice. The premise of the exhibit is to avoid polar categorization, consider...More »
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"Siamese Connection 2011: Rediscover" Exhibition
Siamese Connection 2011: Rediscover marks the second-year running for New York’s foremost multidisciplinary Thai arts exhibition held by Thai Artists Alliance. The exhibition features a total of 31 Thai...More »
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"Obstacle" Exhibition
Surrounding themselves with people and places they love has always been important to Steven and William Ladd. Their initial encounter with The Invisible Dog was love at first sight. The space brought...More »
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"Irrational Exuberance" Exhibition
“How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset value?” - Fed Chair, Alan Greenspan, December 1996 Former Chairman Greenspan’s rhetorical question catalyzed worldwide economic...More »
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"Arts & Lies" Exhibition
Curated by Risa Shoup, Art & Lies features a diverse collection of work focusing on issues that have figured prominently in her life: gender, environment, time, alienation and isolation. Shoup hopes...More »
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Julien Gardair "Camera Locus 2"
Since January Julien Gardair has delved into the Invisible Dog’s history, building and vestiges, searching for visual experiences and artifacts. From his exploration of the converted belt factory, the...More »
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"Prana" Exhibition
Installation artist Chris Klapper has partnered with electrical engineer Jen Lusker to create an interactive sculptural light installation. Prana consists of approximately 2000 hand-cast sphere-like...More »
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Thierry Dreyfus "(NAKED) ABSENCE – (BLINDING) PRESENCE…"
“Light doesn't have words. It does not speak intellectually. It’s pure emotion”. “The speed of light and its intensity are often used to embody power, to stress and represent wealth, or to create safe...More »
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"What is the Where?" Exhibition
What is the Where? is a show of work responding to the relationship between location, identity and perception with NYC as the particular location. The exhibition will feature 15 emerging artists plus an...More »
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Richard Garet "Electrochroma"
Sound and visual artist Richard Garet explores aural and visual spatial-contexts, relational structures, process, materiality, function, and form. Electrochroma is an audiovisual experiential installation...More »
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"If You See Nothing Say Something" Exhibition
The Invisible Dog Art Center presents the first curatorial program PLUS ONE curated by artist Kiya Kim (Korean, b. 1977). What’s the fun of an event if you don’t get to bring along a plus-one? What’s...More »
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Xavier Roux "The Ant"
The Invisible Dog proudly presents The Ant in the main exhibition hall. Artist Xavier Roux was inspired to create the sixty-foot long sculpture by the poem written by Surrealist Robert Desnos in 1942....More »