Beyond Realism | Dada and Surrealism

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With over 40 works by 17 artists, Beyond Realism explores the two principal forms of Surrealist work. The first form is unpremeditated art that relies upon chance effects such as random mark-making and scraping – the type of work practiced by artists like Joan Miró (1893-1983). The second form is the creation of apparently irrational images that occurred to the mind, particularly in dreams, in a realistic style. This route was favoured by artists like Paul Delvaux (1897-1994) while other artists like Max Ernst (1891-1976) combined both approaches in their work.