The Surreal House @ Barbican Art Gallery
Yesterday I went to the opening of ‘The Surreal House’ at the Barbican Gallery. I don’t have much time to comment on the show and I would certainly be bias – I worked as a research assistant for the exhibition. Yet I didn’t worked on the installation and catalogue so it was a great surprise to see everything installed in the Barbican art Gallery – the space of the gallery being completely subverted by architects Carmody Groarke. It is quite impressive to see pieces such as the Tschumi adverts, drawings and models for slow house (Diller & Scofidio), or Hejduk original drawings and models. Another interesting feature of the show is its inclusion of many pieces by the franco-American artist Louise Bourgeois, who died a few days ago. Go see the show! It is on until September. (I am very curious to see the first review….)
‘You are invited to inhabit The Surreal House, a mysterious dwelling infused with subjectivity and desire.
Step inside a labyrinth of chambers, designed by acclaimed young architects Carmody Groarke, and experience The Surreal House - its haunted rooms, delirious forms, blasted architecture and cinematic dreamscapes – featuring a host of artists, architects and film makers including Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Alberto Giacometti, René Magritte, Man Ray, Joseph Cornell and Maya Deren through to more contemporary figures, among them; Louise Bourgeois, Rebecca Horn, Edward Kienholz and Rem Koolhaas’
Hello, thanks for sharing your impressions, I would have loved very much to see this amazing exhibition! Is the catalogue available?
best wishes,
Silvia