The Irrational and the Marvelous

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Dec 8 2017 - Mar 25 2018

A little more than a century ago, a group of European artists banded together and formed Dada, an art movement that responded to the trauma of World War I and challenged the concept of fine art. Dada's irrational tactics later paved the way in the 1920s for Surrealism, a movement that encouraged participating artists to look to the subconscious for inspiration. The Irrational and the Marvelous celebrates both Dada and Surrealism, featuring the work of Dada icons Marcel Duchamp and Hannah Höch, and surreal explorations by Leonora Carrington, Roberto Matta, and Dorothea Tanning, among others.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website 

  • Painting
  • European
  • 20th Century
  • Surrealism
  • Marcel Duchamp
  • Hannah Höch
  • Leonora Carrington
  • Roberto Matta
  • Dorothea Tanning
  • and others

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