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Surrealism and Objects: Expanding the Idea of Reality
What are these things if they no longer have the function that we associate with them?
Time Period:
20th century
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Art historian and curator Dawn Adès (b. 1943) is a leading voice on Dada, Surrealism, abstraction and art from Latin America.
Adès is Professor Emerita of the History and Theory of Art at the University of Essex, Professor of the History of Art at the Royal Academy, a former trustee of Tate (1995-2005) and of the National Gallery (2000-2005) and a Fellow of the British Academy. In 2013 she was appointed CBE for services to higher education.
The many exhibitions she has organized or co-curated, in the UK and abroad, include Dada and Surrealism Reviewed (1978); Art in Latin America: the Modern Era 1820-1980 (1989); Dalí's Optical Illusions (2000); Salvador Dalí: the Centenary Exhibition (2004); Undercover Surrealism: Georges Bataille and Documents (2006); Close-Up: Proximity and Defamiliarisation in Art, Photography and Film (2008); and Dalí/Duchamp, (Royal Academy and the Dalí Museum 2017-2018).
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Surrealism: Imagining A New World
Why did Surrealism appeal to artists across the world?
15:03
Metamorphosis of Narcissus: When Salvador Dalí met Sigmund Freud
Dawn Adès tells the story of the historic meeting between Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud, and unpacks the mind-boggling painting the artist took with him.
1:14
1 Minute 1 Work: Gerhard Richter, Annunciation after Titian, 1973
Learn about Richter’s ardent commitment to Titian’s canvas — and the impossibility of such a painting for our times — with writer Robert Storr.
8:17
Why did Surrealism appeal to artists across the world?
15:03
Dawn Adès tells the story of the historic meeting between Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud, and unpacks the mind-boggling painting the artist took with him.
1:14
Learn about Richter’s ardent commitment to Titian’s canvas — and the impossibility of such a painting for our times — with writer Robert Storr.
10:56
Articulation prize winner Zach Taylor reveals the power of light and dark in Rembrandt’s self-portraits.
12:53
Hans Ulrich Obrist traces how Zaha Hadid’s futuristic architecture evolved from ‘superfluid’ sketches.
10:00
Discover the life force behind Albert Irvin’s vibrant paintings.