Anyone interested in the history of Surrealism should take a look at
www.surrealist-holiday.com, a website just launched to support a
forthcoming exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery in Cornwall, UK.
The Surrealists on Holiday, which runs from 19 June to 4 September,
sheds fresh light on a little-known episode in the history of this
most influential of all modern art movements. In 1937, an
extraordinary group of friends gathered for an extended house party in
Cornwall at the invitation of the British painter Roland Penrose.
Among them were some of the most original artists, writers and
photographers of the 20th century, including Max Ernst, Paul Eluard,
Man Ray and Henry Moore.
Previously unseen photographs of this holiday by Penrose himself and
his wife-to-be, the legendary photographer and Surrealist muse Lee
Miller, form the centrepiece of the exhibition. These are accompanied
with work by the artists pictured, from the collection of Antony
Penrose.
If you can't come to the exhibition itself, at least check out the
website. As well as finding extensive information on show's
background, you'll be able to enter surreal writing and photography
competitions to be judged by specially programmed robots featuring the
very latest in surrealism detection technology (look under 'Fun &
Games').
Tom Scott
(Development Team
www.surrealist-holiday.com
Falmouth College of Arts)
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