Modern Art: Surrealism In Mexico @ Gallery Di Donna New York

(Drivebycuriosity) - During a recent visit of Mexico City I discovered a lot interesting Mexican artists and was impressed by the quality of Mexican art (driveby). So I was happy to see some of their works again. Gallery Di Donna in midtown Manhattan showed "Surrealism in Mexico" ( didonna). The exhibition explores "the robust creative moment that emerged between 1940 and 1955 as an international community of artists fled World War II in Europe and settled in Mexico".  I display my favorites here, a very subjective selection.

On top of this post you can see Remedios Varo`s "Papilla estelar (Celestial Pablum)" (1958. Oil on Masonite, 91.5 by 60.7 cm (36⅛ by 23⅞ in.) It seems there is a magician working with spiritual forces.

Above more images by Remedios Varo I believe.

Above "The Days of Gabino Barreda Street (Portrait of Leonara Carrington, Remedios Varo, Benjamin Péret, Estaban Frances and Self-Portrait" by Gunter Gerzso (1944, oil on canvas).

Sorry, I don´t know who created this painting, but I like it anyway. It might show a rainy day on an alien planet.

 Above Matta`s  “Centro del agua (Center of Water)” (1941. Oil on canvas, 54.7 by 74.5 cm (21½ by 29⅜ in.) followed by the work of another unknown artist and Wolfgang Paalen`s  "Tropical Night" (1948. Oil on canvas, 149.9 by 139.7 cm (59 by 55 in.)

Above a detail of Leonora Carrington`s "Les Distractions de Dagobert" (1945. Tempera on Masonite, 74.9 by 86.7 cm (29½ by 34⅛ in.).

To be continued