"The Erotic Object: Surrealist Sculpture from the Collection" Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art
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Surrealist artists, writers, and poets placed persistent emphasis on the power of the imagination to transform the everyday. Beginning in the early 1930s, the production of elliptically erotic, sexually charged objects and sculptures became central to their concerns. This exhibition features some of the most notorious works, including Salvador Dalí's bread-and-inkwell-crowned "Retrospective Bust of a Woman" (1933) and Meret Oppenheim's fur-lined teacup (1936).
[Image: Meret Oppenheim "Object" (1936) Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, overall height 2 7/8 in. © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Pro Litteris, Zurich]
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from June 24, 2009 to January 04, 2010