Surrealism – A Collective Dream

Surrealism – A Collective Dream celebrates the one-hundred-year history of international surrealist art. This full-house exhibition explores surrealist art’s vision of reality, highlighting encounters between the movement’s pioneers and notable contemporary artists.

The immersive and striking exhibition Surrealism – A Collective Dream offers a multifaceted exploration of the art movement. The exhibition delves into the subconscious and the instability of reality, showcasing works by avant-garde artists like Max Ernst, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Penny Slinger, Herbert Bayer, Meret Oppenheim, and Claude Cahun, as well as contemporary artists such as Cindy Sherman, Tony Oursler, Erwin Wurm, Yayoi Kusama, Erró, and Sarah Lucas.

Additionally, segments from surrealist films and series, including works by Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, David Lynch, and Alfred Hitchcock, will be featured. Central themes include identity, gender, technology, and mental health, each viewed from diverse perspectives. The exhibition comprises paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints, and films, covering approximately 100 works by nearly seventy artists.

Featuring Marco Brambilla

As part of the Surrealism exhibition, media art by Marco Brambilla, an Italian-born artist based in London, will be shown in the Nordic countries for the first time. His work Heaven’s Gate (2022), featured in Tampere, has been regarded as a commentary on American maximalism and the onslaught of imagery, serving as a kind of metaverse or hyperreality for our time.