1924. Other Surrealisms

Marking the centenary (1924) of André Breton’s publication of the ‘First Manifesto of Surrealism’, this exhibition proposes a threefold exploration: the critical reception of the Manifesto in Spain, the impact of the movement as a whole in our country, and the actual role that women (with the figure of Gala Dalí at the center) played in the group.

From this approach, the exhibition extends beyond the Spanish artists who were international protagonists of the movement, such as Dalí, Buñuel or Miró, to explore the numerous followers in Spain, who were generally lesser-known for various reasons and who, in many cases, did not strictly adhere to the Surrealist canon set by Breton in Paris but instead developed their own interpretations. Recovering these alternative discourses and the forgotten names of Surrealist artists from Spain and Latin America is one of the exhibition’s central themes, with particular emphasis on the overlooked contributions of women in the movement: both Spanish and international artists (Maruja Mallo, Remedios Varo and Grete Stern…) who were presented collectively without names in Breton’s Manifesto.

One hundred years later,1924. Other Surrealisms prompts us to reflect on what remains, in a world as plural and complex as today’s, of a movement that unveiled and incorporated into our intellectual and emotional baggage aspects of reality that were previously unknown or ignored, such as dreams, androgyny, and lost paradises…

Curator: Estrella de Diego