27 April 2008
Australian Surrealism
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Doll's Head and Goat's Skull
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Think of surrealist art, and you probably think of Salvador Dali, and his melting clocks and strange landscapes—or the men in bowler hats in strange situations that Magritte painted.
Surrealism was strong in Europe, from the 1920s and '30s on. But what about in Australia? James Gleeson is the name that springs to mind, but there are others. At the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra right now there's an exhibition of Australian surrealist works from a wide range of artists. It's a collection of paintings, drawings, photographs and sculptures from the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
While taking a tour of the paintings, Amanda Smith speaks with the exhibition's curator, Elena Taylor.
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