Dorthea Tanning and Friends show!

Dorothea Tanning  "The Truth About Comets"  1945

Big thanks to Ken Brown who told me about this amazing sounding show up now at Kent Gallery.  "All in this Together: Dorothea Tanning and Friends" features work by one of my very favorites, Dorothea Tanning (obviously), plus pieces by such ingenious contemporaries as Cornell, Duchamp, and Arp.  From the release:

We are pleased to present an important historical exhibition encapsulating the friendships and associations of the surrealist artist, Dorothea Tanning. In collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will be comprised of both a salon style installation that reflect memories from the 1940's to the present, along with a selection of archival materials and vintage photography from the Dorothea Tanning Collection and Archive.

Tanning's career blossomed in the 40's with her solo exhibition at the Julian Levy Gallery along with her introduction to the man who would become her life partner for 34 years, Max Ernst. Exhibiting frequently, she would produce works in New York, Sedona, Arizona, Paris and Seillans, France, and back to New York from 1978 on following her Retrospective at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain in Paris curated by Pontus Hulten.

This being the fourth exhibition organized by Kent (1987, 1989, 2005, 2009) focusing on Tanning's oeuvre, it is with great affection that we present this ensemble overview of her luminous epoch.

The show is up until November 28th, so be sure to go.

Comments

[Marykate Connor]

Pretty thrilling, especially because she is the oldest living member from that first explosion of Surrealism.
She celebrates her 100th Birthday in a few months, and I believe she will be in NY for this event.

Other Dorothea Tanning news:
The wonderful Frey Norris gallery in San Francisco is doing a special show celebrating her Centennial from November to January. In addition to their contemporary gallery, they have a permanent collection of female surrealists exhibited in their annex. A true treasure!
MkC
http://www.freynorris.com/index.php