The Iconography of Dread: Symbolism to Surrealism
Image: Frank Gallo, Head, 1963. Cast polyester resin. SBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington.
Image: Félicien Rops, Manette Salomon, Paris, 1867. Etching, aquatint, drypoint. SBMA, Gift of Jane and Michael G. Wilson.
Image: Alfred Kubin, The Horror, 1903. Facsimile print. SBMA, Museum Purchase.
Featuring works from the turn of the last century by Fernand Khnopff, Alfred Kubin, Odilon Redon, and Félicien Rops, as well as the Italian surrealist Giorgio Manzu and his Russian contemporaries, Ossip Zadkine and Alexander Archipenko, this exhibition dwells on the dark side of humanity through a host of cruel but unforgettable imagery.
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