SURREAL OBJECTS. THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKS FROM DALÍ TO MAN RAY
11. February - 29. May 2011

Surreal Objects. Three-dimensional works from Dalí to Man Ray

This is the first comprehensive publication to focus exclusively on the Surrealists’ three-dimensional works—about 180 of them in all. From today’s perspective, many of them seem surprisingly fresh and contemporary, not at all like historical artifacts. The selection presents more than fifty artists of the Surrealist period, including familiar names such as Duchamp, Magritte, Dalí, Picasso, and Man Ray, but also many other artists whose striking works are yet to be discovered by a wider public.

Edited by Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, an introduction by Ingrid Pfeiffer and texts by Angela Lampe, Ulrich Lehmann, and Laurence Madeline. English edition, 280 pages, 395 illustrations, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2769-3

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Surreal Objects. Three-dimensional works from Dalí to Man Ray

This booklet presents the key works and theses of the exhibition and explains them in context with history, art and society.

Edited by Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, redaction and text: Fabian Hofmann, Katharina Bühler. 40 pages, c. 50 illustrations, German edition

* school classes (more than 15 pupils) can buy the booklet for 1 € at the SCHIRN during the exhibition duration.

7,50 € / 1 €  for school classes*

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EN PASSANT

EN PASSANT is the title of this expansive installation filling the entire room with over forty sculptures, developed by artist group et al.* especially for the show Surreal Objects at the Schirn. Clearly documented in this publication a fundamental component of the work by et al.* is, on the one hand, the respective ‘making of’, and on the other hand, the direct reference to relevant historical sources and events. EN PASSANT is a self-contained independent work as well as an idiosyncratic commentary regarding the artistic conception and exhibition practice of the surrealists. They deliberately shifted the boundaries between exhibition and event space, and left the viewer in the dark as to whether the object they were physically confronted with was a work of art or an object of daily use, to be touched and altered. The work of artist group et al.*, whose members are from Germany, Sweden, France and the USA, equally appeals to all senses. The visitors experience an atmosphere of keen anticipation of what they might encounter within the historic exhibition of surreal objects.

Edited by Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein. With a foreword by Max Hollein, and texts by Matei Bellu and Neil Cox and an interview with Ingrid Pfeiffer and et al.* . German, English Edition, 64 pages, 32 illustrations, Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7774-4431-4

16,80 €

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