This year, 2024, marks the 100th anniversary of Surrealism. It’s been a full 100 years since poet and critic Andre Breton introduced Surrealism. Surrealism Manifesto. Not only that, it’s been a century since he co-founded the magazine with the Belgian Breton writer Paul Nouget. correspondence. EOnly one page of problems are practiced. A surrealist theory of experimentation, chance, and the subconscious mind.
To celebrate this double milestone, the organizers of Belgium’s largest and longest-running BRAFA art fair are breaking with tradition as the theme for the 69th edition, to be held in the cavernous Brussels Expo from January 28th. , advocated an art movement that explored dreams. Until February 4th.
Andre Breton Surrealism Manifesto (1924), first edition.brought to you by Lardanchet Library.
Many of the fair’s 132 exhibitors also operate with a surrealist theme, such as Paris-based gallery Librairie Lardanchet. Surrealism Manifesto, one of only 19 survivors. Additionally, Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte appears several times.The artist’s enigmatic 1928 painting Le Palais de Rideau is on display at the Galerie de la Belladiere’s booth, and his 1950 drawing legend of the century It can be seen at De Jonckheere in the gallery’s Geneva headquarters.
Giorgio de Chirico Ariana’s Piazza Italia (early 1950s). Exhibited at BRAFA’s Repetto Gallery.
Elsewhere, the Repetto Gallery is showing two works by Giorgio de Chirico. Piazza Italia and Ariana’s Piazza Italia—Each piece demonstrates the artist’s metaphysical approach to painting, with a dreamlike atmosphere and a combination of modern and classical elements.Léon Tutunjian’s drawings are on display at the Galerie Alexis Penchev in Marseille. This Armenian-French artist was a founding member of his Concrete art, which combines elements of Surrealism and Cubism, and emphasizes geometry and harmony.
leon tutundijian Untitled. By Galerie Alexis Penchev.
This year BRAFA celebrates another central figure in the surrealist world, Paul Delvaux. Even though he was only involved with the Surrealist movement for a short time. The Paul Delvaux Foundation commissioned an exhibition of 15 paintings from its own collection and a private collection on loan to the artist’s museum in Saint-Idebalde, Belgium, near where he lived. it was done. These works, which are not for sale, date from the 1930s to his 1960s, when he gained international popularity and attracted the attention of Andy Warhol, who immortalized his name in a series of screen prints. Did.
Meanwhile, the Belgian gallery Boone brought in Delvaux’s 1944 painting. La Ville RenaireOn the other hand, Francis Mair Fine Arts Lete (1963), presented by Galerie Taménaga La Tante Rouge (1966), and Geneva’s Opera Gallery hopes to find a buyer for his 1968 masterpiece La Fin du Voyage.
Opera Gallery booth at BRAFA 2024 (including works by Paul Delvaux) La Fin du Voyage On the left (1968).Photo © Emmanuel Clouis
BRAFA also features contemporary artists who take a surrealist approach. Brussels gallery Rodolphe Janssen will be showing new works by Sean Landers, Tom Pohlmans, Emily Mae Smith and Thomas Leroy, while Bernier/Elias Gallery will be showcasing works by Belgian artists who have subverted contemporary dress. It exhibits works from various fields by former fashion designer Martin Margiela. Through demolition.
cornelis van cleve Marge’s worship. Provided by Galerie Florence de Voldaire, Paris.
On the Old Masters front, Madrid’s Nicolás Cortés Gallery, making its debut at BRAFA, brought in two portraits by Lavinia Fontana, a 16th-century Italian Mannerist artist widely known as Western Europe’s first female career artist. is. Galerie Florence de Voldère will also make its BRAFA debut. Marge’s worship A work by Cornelis van Kleve, a 16th century Belgian artist and son and student of Antwerp master Joos van Kleve.
See more from BRAFA Art Fair, Surrealism and more:
Fernand Leger Les Busches (1952). Provided by Roberta Busta Gallery, London.
Serge Poliakoff abstract composition (1960). Presented by Galerie des Modernes, Paris.
charles level Allegory of power and drawer (circa 1872). Provided by Segura Fine Art, France.
tom wesselman Small Still Life #4 (LGASL #4) (1962). Provided by Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Belgium.
Paul Delvaux summer (1963). Presented by Francis Mahele Fine Arts, Belgium.
A tapestry depicting a court scene in the south of the Netherlands, probably Brussels, in the early 16th century. Presented by De Wit Fine Tapestry from Belgium.
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