March 18 – May 13, 1995

Hans Bellmer, Denise Bellon, Joseph Breitenbach, André & Jacqueline Breton, Leonora Carrington, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Stanley William Hayter, Maurice Henry, Georges Hugnet, Marcel Jean, Humphrey Jennings, Man Ray, André Masson, Matta, E.L.T. Mesens, Meret Oppenheim, Wolfgang Paalen, Gaston Paris, Roland Penrose, Kurt Seligmann, Jindrich Styrsky, Yves Tanguy, Toyen, Raoul Ubac, Remedios Varo

This exhibition presented a retrospective view of the landmark Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, which premiered at the Galerie Beaux-Arts in Paris (January 1938). The 1938 exhibition was the culminating avant-garde celebration in Europe before the devastating events leading to World War II. Included at Ubu Gallery were representative works by the major participants, photographs of the decorated mannequins, the installation (by Duchamp) for which the original exhibition is renowned and other material relating to the 1938 exhibition.


PRESS: The New York Times / Weekend / April 28, 1995 / Pepe Karmel

The New York Observer / “Surreal Moments in SoHo, in Harlem and in the Mail” / April 17, 1995 / Jonathan Napack / 1 reproduction

New York Magazine / Art: “Retrospective Surrealists’ Apogee” / April 24, 1995 / Edith Newhall / 1 reproduction