The Surrealism movement left its mark on everything from the decorative arts and interiors to fashion and photography.
chair. “If you think Surrealism fizzled out in the 1960s, think again,” said the show’s curator, Kathryn Johnson. “This exhibition will show that it is still alive and well and that it never really went away. Today, in the context of dizzying technological change, war, and a global pandemic, [the movement’s] spirit feels more alive than ever in contemporary design.”, manufactured by Elsa Schiaparelli . Photo: Frank Strous for Design Museum Den Bosch, The Netherlands.
Artists operating in the Postmodern Radical Italian Design movement during the 1970s and the Dutch Design scene in the 2000s are ostensibly surrealists, as well as those working in the collectible design market of today. They’ve carried on the practice of subverting iconography, challenging long-established behaviors, and fighting against the monotony of sameness. Spanish designer and exhibitor
has been at the forefront of ad-hoc material experimentation for over a decade. His amorphous wares combine organism and recognizable furniture typologies in unexpected ways.Enmeshed in this particularly unrestrained approach to creative expression is a sense of critique. While works created in the 1930s riffed on the symbolism of consumption and the march of industrialization, recent pieces address issues of gender, race, and environmental justice.
Like it did in the early 20th century, Surrealism lives on as a means to question the status quo. Design remains one of the best mediums in which to do so.
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