Landscapes played an important part in the lexicon of Surrealism. In particular, it was terrain that leaned into emptiness—a cliff, a desert, an unpopulated plaza—that best reflected the perilous, heated, and isolating spaces of the subconscious. “Art is the revelation of nature’s darkest secrets,” Max Ernst said, “those that remain hidden beneath the everyday appearance.” To celebrate 100 years since October 15, 1924, when André Breton published the Surrealist Manifesto, this show focuses on the movement’s landscapes—disturbingly familiar places created by modern artists such as Lee Miller, Salvador Dalí, and Leonora Carrington, as well as contemporary artists like Nicolas Party and Stefanie Heinze. —Elena Clavarino
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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes
Wael Shawky, The Gulf Project Camp: Sculpture # 1, 2019.
When
Nov 23, 2024 – Apr 21, 2025
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Photo: © Wael Shawky. Courtesy Lisson Gallery