Two concurrent exhibitions in New York at the end of 2014 prove that the Surrealist legacy still informs some of the most vital and psychologically compelling art of the late 20th century -- as it still informs, albeit critically and via ironic realignments, a good deal of contemporary art today. The Heart Is Not A Metaphor, the Robert Gober retrospective at MoMA, and Suspensions, the small but enthralling exhibition of suspended sculptures by Louise Bourgeois at Cheim Read Gallery, both derive ...
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The Huffington Post - 30 Dec 2014 23:49
Two concurrent exhibitions in New York at the end of 2014 prove that the Surrealist legacy still informs some of the most vital and psychologically compelling art of the late 20th century -- as it still informs, albeit critically and via ironic realignments, a good deal of contemporary art today. The Heart Is Not A Metaphor, the Robert Gober retrospective at MoMA, and Suspensions, the small but enthralling exhibition of suspended sculptures by Louise Bourgeois at Cheim Read Gallery, both derive ...
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