I recently visited the Another World exhibition which is currently on at the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh. Another World, Dali, Magritte, Miro and the Surrealists is housed across all seven rooms of the Dean Gallery.
Surrealism began in the early 1920′s, and it’s work is known for being imaginative, surprising and explores the world of dreams. Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities of World War I and the most important center of the movement was Paris.
This exhibition features the works of the celebrated European painters and the less known works of the British Surrealists. Many pieces stood out for me as favourites, a few being Landscape at Port Lligat by Dali, Head of a Catalan Peasant by Miro and The Joy of the Worlds by British Surrealist Cecil Collins. (click on title to view image)
The painting I looked at the longest was Dali’s The Signal of Anguish (below). Dali uses his clever double imagery in this piece, and although I could see the woman with tangled hair, I could not see the profile of the old man, thank you to Iain for finally pointing it out to me.
An artist I knew nothing about prior to my visit was the French painter Yves Tanguy (below). I loved his technique of the ‘wash’ style backgrounds, his choice of colours and his bean-like forms. Tanguy decided to become an artist one day whilst riding a bus and seeing two paintings by Giorgio de Chirico in an art gallery window.
I greatly enjoyed this exhibition and I recommend this to all those who love the work of the Surrealists.
