Brussels is (re)celebrating Belgian and international surrealism this year with two exhibitions not to be missed on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of this extraordinary cultural movement.
It was in November 1924 that the very first manifestation of Belgian surrealism appeared in Belgium with the publication of a series of leaflets entitled “Correspondence” signed by Paul Nougé, Marcel Lecomte and Camille Goemans.
This was of course only the beginning of a proliferation of groupings of artists, often ephemeral but which, although fragmented, remains a collective adventure over time.
Poets, writers, musicians, the Belgian avant-garde will leave an indelible mark. Two exhibitions today attempt to redraw its contours. Firstly at the Bozar, a retrospective entitled “Histoire de ne pas laughter” where works by the poet Paul Nougé, Paul Delvaux and of course Paul Magritte, to name but a few, are presented.
Another traveling exhibition to see: “Imagine” is held at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts and brings together works by international surrealist artists in collaboration with the Center Pompidou in Paris. An immersion in surrealist poetry on the theme of dreams, metamorphosis and the unknown. To see or rewatch until the end of spring.
