International Surrealism

Here, we will meet Salvador Dali´s mighty The Enigma of William Tell, Magritte´s mysterious Le modèle rouge and several works by Marcel Duchamp, including The Large Glass and La mariée mise nu par ses célibataires (reconstructed by Ulf Linde). The exhibition will also include paintings by Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, and the remarkable female artist Toyen. Sculptures by Arp, Giacometti and the Danish artist Wilhelm Freddie compliment the selection, as do constructions by Wolfgang Paalen – his umbrella of sponges (!), Meret Oppenheim´s subtle shoe object, Ma gouvernante-my nurse-mein Kindermädchen, and Joseph Cornell´s exquisite small box. An early painting of Picasso will represent the artist´s surrealist period. And finally, an important new acquisition will be shown: Det imaginära samtalets pärlband (1953) by Max Walter Svanberg, who exhibited his work with the Paris surrealists. Other Swedish artists to be mentioned in this context are two painters from the Halmstad Group, Erik Olson and Stellan Mörner.

Curator: Ragnar von Holten