Organized by the German Institut für Kulturaustausch, the exhibition explores the Surrealist idea and its impact from the 1920s to the present day. Artworks from the original Surrealist movement are presented in dialogue with works by subsequent generations. This exchange makes clear that Surrealism is not a closed historical phenomenon, but a continuing force that remains active today. It is an attitude, an unfinished and constantly evolving mode of thought. Seen across the decades, the themes and motifs of the Surrealist avant-garde appear more relevant than ever. Questions of identity, transformation, irrationality, and the interrogation of reality and perception continue to be negotiated in works informed by Surrealist approaches. Structured into four chapters, the exhibition demonstrates how Surrealist practices, across generations and up to the present, serve as a means of critical as well as humorous reflection on the present and the future. Featuring more than 100 paintings, works on paper, objects, photographs, and films, the exhibition reveals the compelling diversity of Surrealist art.
Artists:
Herbert Bayer
Hans Bellmer
Renate Bertlmann
Marco Brambilla
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
CAMILLE BRYEN
Claude Cahun
Leonora Carrington
Gerardo Chavez
George Condo
Salvador Dalí
Paul Delvaux
Max Ernst
Erró
Leonor Fini
Urs Fischer
Ernst Fuchs
André Gelpke
Jacob Gildor
Thomas Grünfeld
Philippe Halsman
Raoul Hausmann
Pierre Jahan
Barbara Kruger
Wifredo Lam
Sarah Lucas
René Magritte
Marcel Mariën
Olaf Martens
André Masson
Roberto Matta
Joan Miró
Pierre Molinier
Lauren Moffatt
Meret Oppenheim
ORLAN
Tony Oursler
Wolfgang Paalen
Patricia Piccinini
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Man Ray
Gunter Sachs
Rolf Sachs
Cindy Sherman
Penny Slinger
Daniel Spoerri
Alina Szapocznikow
Yves Tanguy
Dorothea Tanning
Erwin Wurm
Thomas Zipp
Film Directors:
Luis Buñuel
Germaine Dulac
Alfred Hitchcock
Alejandro Jodorowsky
David Lynch
Hans Richter
Tarsem Singh
Guillermo del Toro
*In alphabetical order by surname