Fotomuseum Winterthur
The Subversion of Images – Surrealism and Photography
An exhibition offering a comprehensive overview, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou in Paris
27 February to 26 May 2010
Unique treasures from the vast archives in Paris have been kindly made available for this exhibition to allow – for the first time on this scale – multifaceted encounters with precious and rare works by photographers including Man Ray, René Magritte, Jacques-André Boiffard, Paul Eluard, André Breton, Eli Lotar, Hans Bellmer, André Kértesz, Dora Maar, Bill Brandt, Raoul Ubac, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Brassaï, bringing new insights to light on the relationship between photography and surrealism. This exhibition on surrealism will, without doubt, form one of the highlights of the coming year and generate enthusiasm among art and literature lovers, experts, collectors and artists alike.
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Maurice Tabard
Essay for a film. Culte Vaudou (voodoo cult), 1937 Vintage gelatin-silver print (solarisation) with red/orange transparent foil, 22,7 x 16,9 cm Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris © RMN Photo: Georges Merguerditchian |
Man Ray
Lee Miller, 1929 Vintage gelatin-silver print, 23 x 17,8 cm Lee Miller Archives, Chiddingly © Man Ray Trust / 2010, ProLitteris, Zürich |
Since 2003, when it expanded to mark its tenth anniversary, the Fotomuseum Winterthur has been one of the largest centres for photography in Europe. The museum's exhibitions and publications enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide.
© Christian Schwager
The Fotomuseum Winterthur has hosted over one hundred exhibitions since its founding in 1993, dedicating itself to the medium of photography but also exploring how this intersects with other mechanical and electronic media for representing images.
The museum allows the general public to enjoy photography and get to know photographers.
It offers exhibitions, publications, guided tours, lectures and conferences, but also carries out research and helps to shape trends. The ever-growing private collection of the Fotomuseum can now also be viewed online.
© Christian Schwager; Ausstellung “Cold Play – Set 1 aus
der Sammlung des Fotomuseums Winterthur”,
15.11.2003 – 15.6.2004.
The Fotomuseum aims to show photography in its full spectrum of contemporary expression – as a place in which society can see and gain insight into the issues it confronts every day. In today's world, images in their multiple shapes, forms and distribution channels are omnipresent and have acquired a status that is equal – if not superior – to words as a form of communication.
Clearly, photography is a medium that everyone relates to in one form or another. The six to eight exhibititions the Fotomuseum hosts each year are based on a dual understanding of photography: as art and as a documentation of reality.
