Pace African and Oceanic Art presents From the World of Dreams: Melanesian Art and a small retrospective of Important Surrealist Prints curated by Timothy Baum on view 2 May - 3 July 2024. The exhibition features over a dozen 19th century figures, masks and other objects from Papua New Guinea, New Ireland and the Solomon Islands. Presented with the Melanesian art is a retrospective of Surrealist prints curated by Timothy Baum, noted specialist in Dada and Surrealist art, which includes over 30 etchings, lithographs and photographs from the 1920s to 1960s.
A public opening will be held Thursday, 16 May 2024, 6-8 pm.
In the idealized "Surrealist Map of the World" published in 1929, the placement of Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago in the center of the map, and larger than both Europe and Asia, reveal the allure that cultures from Oceania held for the Surrealists. Searching for a new means of expression, the Surrealists found inspiration in non-Western art and objects which to them was exemplified by
Malagan sculptures from Papua New Guinea. Used for rituals to celebrate the founders of clans and endowed with immense magical powers, these sculptures, fearsome but amiable, connected the ground with the powers of the other world.
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New Ireland ArtistMalagan Figure, 19th century
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New Ireland ArtistMalagan Mask, 19th century-20th century
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New Ireland ArtistMalagan Ceremonial Panel, 19th-early 20th century
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Kwoma ArtistYina Figure, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Ramu River ArtistAncestral Figure, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Elema ArtistEharo Mask, Early 20th century
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Abelam ArtistAncestral Figure, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Karawari River ArtistSpirit Figure, 18th century or earlier
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New Georgia Islands ArtistCanoe Prow, muzu muzu, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Attributed to the Master of the Double PillowNeckrest, 19th century
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Turamarubi ArtistImunu Neckrest, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Sepik ArtistBarag Mask, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Ancestor FigureAbelam Artist, Early 20th century
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Yimam ArtistYipwon Spirit Figure, 19th century
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Man Ray (1890-1976)André Breton, 1935
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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)Marie-Thérèse considérant son effigie surréaliste sculptée (Marie-Thérèse Considering Her Sculpted Surrealist Effigy) from Suite Vollard, 1933
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Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)Quetzal from Brunidor Portfolio No. 1, 1947
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)La ligne d'horizon, 1938
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Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)La Revolver à cheveux blancs, 1932
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Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)Untitled, 1937
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)Masques, 1950
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)Correspondances dangeureuses from Brunidor Portfolio No. 1, 1947
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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)Combattimento di gladiatori from Le Mystère Laïc by Jean Cocteau, 1928
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Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)Scuola di gladiatori from Le Mystère Laïc by Jean Cocteau, 1928
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)Danseuses, 1950
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Man Ray (1890-1976)Louis Aragon and André Breton, c. 1924
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Victor Brauner (1903-1963)Untitled from Brunidor Portfolio No. 2, 1947-52
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After Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)La Mariée, 1934
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René Magritte (1898-1967)La Comtesse de Monte Cristo from Aube à l’Antipode, 1966
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Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)Rhabdomancie from Brunidor Portfolio No. 1, 1947
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Hans Bellmer (1901-1975)Main articulée, 1951-52
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André Masson (1896-1987)Rêve d'un future désert, 1942
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Wifredo Lam (1902-1982)Sans titre from Voyages à travers la peinture by Pierre Loeb, 1945
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)La géante, 1938
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Valentine Hugo (1890-1968)Portrait de René Crevel from Feuilles éparses, 1965
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)Daphnis et Chloé, 1933
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Max Ernst (1891-1976)Untitled from Almanach Surréaliste du Demi-Siècle, 1950
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)L’Aigle et la femme la nuit, 1938
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Yves Tanguy (1900-1955)Frontispiece for L’Île d’un jour by Marcelle Ferry, 1938
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Roberto Matta (1911-2002)Cosmicstrip II from Cosmicstrip, 1959
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Marcel Jean (1900-1993)Le Souvenir, 1935
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)Les trois soeurs, 1938
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Joan Miró (1893-1983)Untitled from 24 Essais by Anatole Jakovski, 1935
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Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962)Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio, 1942
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Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962)Wrested from Mirrors, 1941
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Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)Bâteau bleu (The Grotto), 1950
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