Salford Art Gallery unveils new exhibition to celebrate 100 years of surrealism

A new exhibition is set to unveiled this weekend to celebrate 100 years of the surrealist art movement at Salford Art Gallery. 

The Omnipotence of Dream exhibition is now able to go to visit at the gallery, celebrating the art movement started by André Breton.

Since its formulation 100 years ago it has provided inspiration to numerous artists, and will be showcased from the October 19 to the Sunday 23 February.

The art movement will follow Breton Manifesto of Surrealism in Paris that was published in 1924, which officially established Surrealism as an international movement.

The exhibition is being shown in Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and display the surrealist art work of Salford’s collections presenting them alongside direct contemporary responses.

Salford Museum and Art Gallery will display their wealth of Surrealist treasures from artists including Marion Adnams, Eileen Agar and John Tunnard.

The British Surrealists followed the movement’s concepts of looking at the world through fantasy and dreams.

Six works from the collections have been used as inspiration for 16 contemporary artists to produce their own artwork, including Sarah Eyre, Jeffrey Knopf, Olha Pryymak and Paula Chambers.

For David Hancock, the work of the Surrealists has been a long-standing influence within his painting practice, the Salford artist will be at the exhibition responding to all six works from the collection to create a solo presentation within the gallery.

Visitors of the gallery will also be able to find a section of the exhibition that will be devoted to individual works from fine arts students from the University of Salford.

The new exhibition will be completely free of charge to visit with tickets not need to visit, the work will be unveiled from Saturday 19th October 2024 till Sunday 23rd February 2025.

You can find more information about the artwork that is being produced for the exhibition here.

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