His manifesto has proved inspirational to numerous artists since. This exhibition 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.
Click here to see the online version of this exhibition.
On display from 19 Oct 2024 to 23 Feb 2025.
Join us for the opening of our new exhibition The Omnipotence of Dream on Thursday 17th October at 5pm
Full artist line-up
| Marion Adnams | Eileen Agar |
| Iain Andrews | Sally Barker |
| Jo Berry | Xanthe Burdett |
| Paula Chambers | Sarah Eyre |
| Ann Fordham | Elizabeth Frink |
| Carole Griffiths | David Hancock |
| Jeffrey Knopf | Alana Lake |
| David Leapman | Allan Milner |
| James Moore | Sean Powers |
| Olha Pryymak | Bethany Stead |
| Angela Tait | John Tunnard |
| Dawn Woolley | AI Baby (Jo Manby & Xhi Ndubisi) |
| BA (Hons) Fine Art Students from University of Salford and Leeds Arts University |
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