Member Preview — The Subversive Eye: Surrealist and Experimental Photography
November 13 @ 10:00am – November 15 @ 6:00pm
As a benefit of Museum membership, members are invited to preview the special exhibition, The Subversive Eye: Surrealist and Experimental Photography, from Nov 13-15, 2024, prior to the exhibit’s public opening. Please enjoy a members-only first look in the Hough Gallery on the Museum’s third floor.
Member Preview Days:
Wednesday, November 13: 10am – 6pm
Thursday, November 14: 10am – 8pm
Friday, November 15: 10am – 6pm
Members are encouraged to RSVP at the link below. Walk up tickets are also available for member preview days on a first-come, first-served basis. As always, be sure to bring your membership card and valid ID to show at parking and admission.
About The Subversive Eye: Surrealist and Experimental Photography from the David Raymond Collection
In celebration of the centennial of the founding of Surrealism in 1924, this exhibition will feature 100+ works created by more than 50 artists, highlighting the movement’s original aims in the medium of photography and its far-reaching influence. By exploring the capacities of the medium, it will highlight how artists have ultimately used photographic techniques to question the nature of seeing itself, delving deeply into the inner realm.
Notable artists include Eileen Agar, Eugène Atget, Joseph Bartuska, Hans Bellmer, Brassaï, Manuel Alvarez-Bravo, Robert Capa, Georges Hugnet, Clarence John Laughlin, Dora Maar, Lee Miller, Lucia Moholy, Osamu Shiihara, Man Ray and Wols. Dora Maar will be represented by no less than eighteen rare vintage prints. Importantly, the exhibition will explore the numerous ties between Surrealist ideas and Eastern European, German and Japanese experimental practices. The exhibition presents Surrealists, broadly conceived, as multi-faceted, complex and global phenomena that often complement the aesthetics and ambitions of other avant-gardes around the globe.
The exhibition is curated by William Jeffett, Chief Curator at The Dalí Museum, with works on loan from artist and art collector David Raymond. Since 1985, Raymond has pushed the boundary of the definition of “the surreal,” working to expand the canon in his collecting practice. Beginning in 2007, when over 160 works gathered by Raymond became part of the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he found his passion for collecting became even stronger. This will be the first exhibition in a decade to debut the fruits of his labor.
