ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "Photography and the Surreal Imagination" at The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, 2020
Francesca Woodman. "Self-Portrait Talking to Vince," c. 1976-77, 5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photography and the Surreal Imagination
February 5, 2020 through June 14, 2020
The Menil Collection
www.menil.org
This exhibition draws on the Menil’s vast collection to explore Surrealist photography from its early incarnations to the ripple effect this avant-garde movement has had on contemporary artistic practices. Six photographs by Francesca Woodman, interventions into the conventions of self-portraiture and female representation, are a highlight of the exhibition’s section on the body.
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalogue.