Te Papa are holding an exhibition of Surrealist art at the moment. This is likely to be very popular, so we decided that a Tuesday morning would be a good time to go along as it wouldn’t be as crowded as at the weekend. Our best-laid plan included breakfast at The Larder, then we headed into town and parked at Te Papa.
As expected, there weren’t many people there, and we were
able to make our way through the exhibition, spending as much time as we
wanted. The exhibition documents the Surrealist movement, how it grew out of
the Dadaist movement, which itself was a response to the horrors of trench
warfare in World War One. They had many significant paintings and other works
on loan from around the world, including several by Salvador Dali, the best-known proponent
of Surrealism. There were also some sculptures, books and films, and a display
which recreates the painting Not To Be Reproduced by Rene Magritte:
There was also this famous sofa:
So if you want some serious art, go see this exhibition.
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