NÉON: A Surrealist Journal, 1948-1949

Ubu

Exhibition on view by appointment through January 26, 2024 Ubu Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of the journal Néon, a unique graphic expression of Surrealism conceived, founded, designed and directed by the Czech poet and artist, Jindřich Heisler (1918-1953), which appeared in five issues from January 1948 to March 1949. It presented as a four-page newspaper folded to …

This is a work of art. Please note that as it is impossible to know the intent of the artist, the work is subject to interpretation. Each visitor may view and choose to understand the work differently. All effort has been made to provide a purely visual description. A black and white image of a two figures sitting side by side. The woman sits on the left and wears a black dress with puffy sleeves, a necklaces, and gloves. She holds the stem of a drink glass in her left hand. The other figure is wearing a suit jacket and a bowler hat, and has the face and head of a lion.

MAX ERNST
Une Semaine de bonté: Photographs & Ephemera, 1933 – 1934

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Ubu Gallery announces an exhibition which explores Max Ernst’s creation of “Une Semaine de bonté ou les septs éléments capitaux” [“A Week of Kindness or the Seven Deadly Elements”], a collage novel and artist’s book published by Jeanne Bucher in Paris in 1934. Spanning five volumes, the finished publication comprises 182 images (173 collages and 9 drawings) created by cutting …

This is a work of art. Please note that as it is impossible to know the intent of the artist, the work is subject to interpretation. Each visitor may view and choose to understand the work differently. All effort has been made to provide a purely visual description. A photograph of a nude couple. The man sits with one leg outstretched and the other bent, and the woman embraces his neck as she lies on his left side.

EMIL CADOO
Henry Miller’s Sexus: Photomontages, 1963

Ubu

In collaboration with Janos Gat Gallery. ON VIEW First published in 1949 and banned for years, Sexus is acclaimed as one of Henry Miller’s (1891-1980) greatest works. Sexus is the daring first tome of The Rosy Crucifixion, a trilogy that also includes Plexus and Nexus. In this loosely autobiographical series, Miller presents a memoire of his tumultuous life, rich in …

This is a work of art. Please note that as it is impossible to know the intent of the artist, the work is subject to interpretation. Each visitor may view and choose to understand the work differently. All effort has been made to provide a purely visual description. A banner of a painting showing the word "AS" in capital letters on a black background. Red and pink flowers appear entwined with the letters, and run from the lower left corner to the upper right corner.

Artists and Their Books

Ubu

Illustration has often been considered the stepchild of literature, strictly an accompaniment which at best serves as a diversionary respite from the intellectual and emotional triumph of words. But along with the more immediately apparent 20th Century revolutions in the plastic arts, film, performance, music and literature, a quiet but equally profound alteration has taken place in the world of …

This is a work of art. Please note that as it is impossible to know the intent of the artist, the work is subject to interpretation. Each visitor may view and choose to understand the work differently. All effort has been made to provide a purely visual description. A work on light brown paper showing two female figures. They consist of long flowing lines, and appear as if one is standing over the other. The background shows bricks on both sides, as if they are standing in a corner.

FIAC 2021

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Vernissage: October 20, 2021 Ubu Gallery is pleased to participate in FIAC 2021. Ubu Gallery is located at Booth D05, Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris. ARTISTS Hans Bellmer, Max Ernst, Jindřich Heisler, Jindřich Štyrský, Toyen, František Vobecký, Unica Zürn RESOURCES Fair checklist PRESS Numéro Magazine I 10 Must See Galleries At FIAC 2021 Le Monde I FIAC : le plein d’idées …

This is a work of art. Please note that as it is impossible to know the intent of the artist, the work is subject to interpretation. Each visitor may view and choose to understand the work differently. All effort has been made to provide a purely visual description A white and red banner image of a flag. The center stripe is white and shows workers with horses and cows.

INTERWAR LATVIA: An Experiment in Graphic Design & Book Publishing, 1918–1939

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Latvia declared its independence in November 1918 and realized it in 1920, following centuries of oppression from Russia and Baltic Germany. The country was finally able to enjoy cultural, economic and, initially at least, political freedom. Owing to internal political stress, the latter was revoked by an authoritarian government in 1934, but economic prosperity still ensued. All of it came …

Nils Karsten: Holidays in the Sun…Be Back Never!

Ubu

In my head, I am constantly culling images, no matter where I am nor what I am doing. The drawings in the exhibition are the results of playing out stories; thinking (out loud) and daydreaming my own narratives, very much influenced by current socio-political events and childhood memories. A finished drawing is the final still of a time-based narration that …

A photomontage of a trio of women in long flowing dress holding pole or staff-shaped objects. A forth woman appears in the upper left corner positioned as if falling with her arms toward the ground.

František Vobecký: Photomontages 1935-1938

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In collaboration with Galerie Julian Sander Ubu Gallery is exhibiting the Surrealist-influenced photomontages of František Vobecký (1902–1991) made between 1935 and 1938. While Vobecký originally took up photography as a means of documenting his paintings, shortly thereafter he started photographing found objects and details of rocks and sculptures. From there he moved to simple still lifes of ordinary household or …

BUGGED OUT: Representations of Arthropods in Modern & Contemporary Art

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Humans have evolved relatively recently in a world long replete with Arthropods, which constitute the largest phylum of creatures on Earth both in terms of number of species and in total number of individuals. There are nearly a million species of Arthropods, with over 90% of them being insects. Sharing a world with this horde, humans have formed relationships with …

FIAC 2019

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Vernissage: October 16, 2019 Ubu Gallery is pleased to participate in FIAC 2019. Ubu Gallery is located at Booth 0.E40, Grand Palais, Paris. HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY, UBU! Help us celebrate the founding of Ubu Gallery in 1994 with a selection of works from our artists and exhibitions over the past 25 years! ARTISTS Vito Acconci, Julian Beck, Hans Bellmer, Denise …