SURREAL ENCOUNTERS

SURREAL ENCOUNTERS. Dalí, Ernst, Miró, Magritte... from the Collections Edward James, Roland Penrose, Gabrielle Keiller, Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch | Oct 06th 2016 - Feb 22nd 2017 | special exhibition
catalogue for special exhibition | 288 pages | 271 illustrations | hardcover | Hirmer | german edition

The dream worlds of the unconscious - four legendary Surrealism art collections of the 20th century bear witness to the enduring seductive power of Surrealism. With over 150 top works in all artistic media, Surrealism, the defining art movement of the 20th century, can be experienced in a width never before seen.
In opulent juxtapositions of works from the collections, some of which are now scattered all over the world, it is shown for the first time how outstanding collectors integrated the surreal conception of the "marvelous" into their reality and the "uncanny" into their homes since the 1930s.
While Edward James and Roland Penrose were patrons of the early days - of Magritte, Dalí, and Picasso, for example - the collections of Gabrielle Keiller and the couple Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch show us the enduring fascination of the works, for example, of Max Ernst, since the 1960s. The volume thus illustrates collecting behavior and developments in the art market as well as the themes of Surrealism that continue to seduce us today.