It can take a long time to light 100 candles on a cake. That's why the Centre Pompidou has decided to celebrate 100 years of Surrealism in a different way. The Musée d'Art Moderne is organizing a major exhibition around this mid-twentieth-century movement, to be seen from September 4, 2024 to January 13, 2025.
The exhibition Surrealism. L'exposition du centenaire (1924-1969) brings together a (very) large number of works by the movement's leading artists. Salvador Dali, René Magritte, Dorothea Tanning, Tatsuo Ikeda, Giorgio de Chirico, Leonora Carrington, Max Ernst, Helen Lundeberg, Joan Miro and many others can be found in this artistic journey conceived as a labyrinth, which houses at its heartAndré Breton's original Manifesto, the founding text of Surrealism. This exceptional document leaves the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France for this unique occasion.
Sculptures, paintings, photographs, drawings, films, poetry and literary documents: the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou brings together Surrealist works from all artistic disciplines, from famous and emblematic creations of the period to more confidential works.
The 14 chapters that punctuate this journey evoke theevolution of the movement in different artistic circles, the majorinfluence of literature on pictorial art, the poetic principles that structure the surrealist imagination, and the modern legacy left by surrealism in the art and societies of the 21st century. We find the themes and objects of fascination of Surrealist artists, such as dreams, the unconscious, eros, hybrid or mythological creatures, spiritual forces...
At the heart of all these conversations is André Breton's Manifesto, a primordial document that can be admired and analyzed at leisure, thanks to the multimedia devices installed around it. In this way, the Centre Pompidou gives us a better understanding of the origin and meaning of this Manifesto, and of the artistic movement it gave rise to.
As soon as we enter the exhibition, the Centre Pompidou plunges us into this whimsical, bizarre, colorful, sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing, sometimes poetic universe. All the diversity of surrealist art is represented in this huge exhibition that seems endless. Take your time and look everywhere: there are paintings high up on the walls, installations hidden in the nooks and crannies... Everywhere you look, you'll find famous and iconic works, as well as original and surprising creations.
The Centre Pompidou is celebrating this anniversary in style, paying tribute to the great artists of the period and their visionary, innovative spirit. An exhibition not to be missed!
Come celebrate 100 years of Surrealism at the Centre Pompidou in September 2024!
Dates and Opening Time
From September 4, 2024 to January 13, 2025
Location
Center Pompidou
centre pompidou
75004 Paris 4
Access
Metro line 11 "Rambuteau" station
Official website
www.centrepompidou.fr
