The International Surrealist Exhibition was held from 11 June to 4 July 1936 at the New Burlington Galleries , near Savile Row in London 's Mayfair , England.
5-722: The British Surrealist Group was involved in the organisation of the International Surrealist Exhibition in London in 1936. The London Bulletin was published by the Surrealist Group in England, according to the June 1940 edition (nos. 18-19-20), edited by E. L. T. Mesens . This article about an art or artists' organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation in
10-534: The United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . International Surrealist Exhibition The exhibition was organised by committees from England , France , Belgium , Scandinavia and Spain . The English organising committee consisted of: The French organising committee were: The remaining nations had a single committee representative: The number of exhibits, paintings, sculpture, objects and drawings displayed during
15-514: The exhibition's run was around 390. Danish painter Wilhelm Freddie 's entries never made it to the exhibition, as they were confiscated by British Customs representatives for being pornographic . According to ruling law at the time, the works had to be destroyed, but this was avoided at the last minute and they were despatched back to Denmark. The following artists participated in the exhibition: The following individuals exhibited objects: The following nations were represented at
20-472: The exhibition: The exhibition was officially opened in the presence of about two thousand people by André Breton. The average attendance for the entire run of the Exhibition was about a thousand people per day. Over the course of the Exhibition, the following lectures were delivered to large audiences: The most iconic image of the exhibition is the opening day performance of Sheila Legge, who stood in
25-406: The middle of Trafalgar Square, posing in a white, drop tail hemmed wedding dress ensemble inspired by a Salvador Dalí painting, with her head completely obscured by a flower arrangement . In one variation of the images capturing her performance, pigeons are perched on her outstretched, gloved arms. Dalí's lecture was delivered whilst wearing a deep-sea diving suit . Nearly suffocating during
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