2024 marks 100 years since Andre Breton founded the Surrealist art movement and a new exhibition at Salford’s Museum and Art Gallery brings Surrealist works out of Salford’s collections and presents them alongside direct contemporary responses.
Salford Museum and Art Gallery contains a wealth of Surrealist treasures including Marion Adnams, Eileen Agar and John Tunnard. These British Surrealists followed the movement’s concepts of looking at the world through fantasy and dreams. Six works from the collections have been used as inspiration for 16 contemporary artists to produce their own artwork, including Sarah Eyre, Jeffrey Knopf, Olha Pryymak and Paula Chambers.
For David Hancock the work of the Surrealists has been a long-standing influence within his painting practice. He will respond to all six works from the collections to create a solo presentation within the gallery. A section of the gallery will also be devoted to individual responses from fine art students from the University of Salford and Leeds Arts University.
