Jindřich Heisler

(Czech, 1914 – 1953)

In 1938, Heisler became associated with the Czech Surrealist group, which included Toyen and Jindřich Štyrský. He and Štyrský would collaborate during the war on the Surealist work Na jehlách těchto dní [On the Needles of These Days] published clandestinely in 1941 by the illegal “Surrealist Edition” in Prague.

PAST EXHIBITIONS AT UBU GALLERY
Les Mystères de la chambre noire: Photographic Surrealism, 1920 – 1950 | June 5 – September 29, 2017
FIAC 2016 | October 20 – 23, 2016
FIAC 2014 | October 23 – 26, 2014
Frieze Masters | October 11 – 14, 2012
Art | 41 | Basel | June 16 – 20, 2010
Jindřich Heisler: A Crystal in the Night | February 21 – April 4, 1998
Jindřich Štyrský: On the Needles of These Days: Photographs, 1934–1935 | September 21 – October 22, 1994