Purple Art
[January 7 2025]
“Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surrealist Landscapes” show at the Hepworth Wakefield Yorkshire, on view until April 21st
Celebrating 100 years of the fantastical terrains of Surrealism, Forbidden Territories unfolds like an intoxicating labyrinth of subconscious imaginings, memorializing Surrealism’s audacious reinterpretations of landscape. Drawing from André Breton’s manifesto, the show entangles nature and psyche, bodies and botany, into terrains of startling metaphor and subversion. The exhibition’s seamless interplay of historical and contemporary works pulses with a dynamic energy, reflecting the timeless allure of Surrealist visions. With an eclectic mix of canonical and overlooked voices, the exhibition embraces temporal fluidity, collapsing boundaries between modernist gestures and contemporary echoes. A sensuous, heady dive into the forbidden, both cerebral and viscerally captivating.
