RECENT PUBLICATIONS & NEWS

On this page you will find news of recent activities, exhibits and publications concerning the worlds of Surrealism & Avant-garde Theatre.

NEWS

From June 29 through September 15, 2008, the MOMA in New York City will present Dali & Film, an exhibit featuring numerous paintings and sketches by Dali, as well as the actual, hand-written notes for the film L'Age D'Or, made by Bunuel and Dali in 1930.  The retrospective will also include screenings of many Dali films, including Un chein Andalou and L"Age D"Or, the animated feature Destino, and the dream sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.  This same exhibit was recently presented in Los Angeles and at  the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.



On view June 26 through September 21, 2008, at Museo Nacional D'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona, will be an exhibit devoted to the works of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia.  On display will be a large selection of paintings, drawings and collages, as well as a screening of Rene Clair's 1924 film Entr'acte, which all three artists contributed to.

 
In August, 2008, SurrealismNow.com will be presenting an online, international Surrealist show, featuring eighteen contemporary surrealist artists.  On display will be works by Shahla Rosa, Werner Deutsch, Keith Wigdor, Todd Bash and Matthias Staber, among others.

The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles will perfom Bertolt Brecht's play Mann ist Mann August 9 through September 28, 2008.  "The play has proven itself more relevant than ever in view of the tragic transformations happening to young men and women serving in the savage wars of today."  

Joan Miro: Painting & Anti-Painting 1927 -1937 will be presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, November 2, 2008 through January 12, 2009.  It is the first major museum exhibition to focus on Miro the "anti-painter" exploring the core practices and strategies he used to attack "painting" between 1927 and 1937, a crucial decade within his long career.



News Story:

May 21, 2008: The Original Surrealist Manifesto by Andre Breton has been auctioned off in Paris.  It sold, along with several other documents, for 3.2 million Euros (more than 5 million dollars).  They all went to French collector Gérard Lhéritier, founder of the privately-owned Museum of Letters and Manuscripts in Paris. "I was afraid the nine manuscripts would be dispersed," Lhéritier said. "They are staying together, are not leaving France and will be on public display in our museum from June in a specially-designed case."  The documents were sold by the family of Mr Breton's first wife, Simone Collinet, who died in 1980. 



Past Exhibits in 2008

Dada at MoMA was presented in New York City May 21 through July 28, 2008

From February 16 to April 9, 2008, the Albertina in Vienna presented the illustrations of Max Ernst’s book “Une semaine de bonté – A Surrealistic Novel” for the first time since 1936.

From February 20 to May 18, 2008, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presented over 40 paintings by Frida Kahlo.

From March 5 through June 1, 2008, The Pinacotheque in Paris presented Man Ray Workshop, a retrospective of the artist's works, including drawings, photographs, paintings, sculptures, objects and personal images from the Man Ray Trust in Long Island, New York. 


PUBLICATIONS

JACQUES VACHE & THE ROOTS OF SURREALISM
including Vache's WAR LETTERS & other writings
Charles H. Kerr 2008
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ESSENTIAL POEMS AND WRITINGS
BY ROBERT DESNOS
Black Widow Press 2007
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MIRROR OF TAUROMACHY
BY MICHEL LIERIS
Atlas Press 2007
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LOVE, POETRY
BY PAUL ELUARD
Black Widow Press 2007
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HELIOGABALUS
OR, THE CROWNED ANTICHRIST
BY ANTONIN ARTAUD
Solar Books 2007
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DIARY OF A GENIUS
Revised Edition
BY SALVADOR DALI
Solar Books 2007
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RECOMMENDED READING

"Bash is one of the few contemporary playwrights who captures the spirit of surrealism. In fact, surrealist figures from the past, such as Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali and Paul Eluard, appear as characters in a couple of his plays. Dream-like, funny, and sometimes disturbing, SANCTUS FUMIGACI (which, in English, loosely translates to "Holy Smoke") is recommended for fans of avant garde literature and experimental theater."