Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme

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Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme was a landmark 1938 Paris exhibition that dramatically showcased Surrealist art and ideas through immersive, dreamlike installations and performances.

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instanceOf Surrealist exhibition
art exhibition
cultural event
aim to create an immersive, dreamlike environment
to dramatize Surrealist ideas
artisticDirector Marcel Duchamp
artMovementContext interwar avant-garde
ceilingDesigner Marcel Duchamp
ceilingInstallation 1,200 coal sacks
closingDate 1938-02-24
coordinator André Masson
Georges Hugnet
Jacqueline Lamba
Kurt Seligmann
Man Ray
Marcel Jean
Max Ernst
Salvador Dalí
Tanguy
Wolfgang Paalen
Óscar Domínguez
linked to: Oscar Domínguez
country France
creatorOfInstallation Salvador Dalí
curator André Breton
Paul Éluard
designer Marcel Duchamp
feature environmental art
immersive installations
mannequins dressed by artists
olfactory effects
performances
sound effects
unconventional lighting
featuredArtist André Masson
Joan Miró
Kurt Seligmann
Leonora Carrington
Man Ray
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Jean
Max Ernst
Meret Oppenheim
René Magritte
Salvador Dalí
Wolfgang Paalen
Yves Tanguy
Óscar Domínguez
linked to: Oscar Domínguez
genre Surrealist art
historicalPeriod interwar period
historicalSignificance landmark Surrealist exhibition
major event in the history of exhibition design
pioneering immersive exhibition
inception 1938
influenced contemporary exhibition design
later installation art
museum installation practices
installationFeature artificial rain
live snails
mannequins
installationTitle Rainy Taxi
installationType environmental installation
languageOfTitle French
lightingDesign dim lighting
spotlights
location Paris
movement Surrealism
name Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
notableWorkExhibited Rainy Taxi
Taxi pluvieux
numberOfArtists over 60
numberOfWorksExhibited approximately 300
olfactoryElement smell of coffee
smell of roasting coffee
openingDate 1938-01-17
organizer André Breton
Paul Éluard
precededBy International Surrealist Exhibition 1936 London
relatedMovement Dada
roomDesign Dreamlike street of mannequins
Rue surréaliste
roomDesigner Marcel Duchamp
Wolfgang Paalen
Óscar Domínguez
linked to: Oscar Domínguez
soundDesign music
recorded noises
streetAddress 20 rue de la Boétie
theme automatic creation
chance
dream
eroticism
the unconscious
translatedName International Surrealist Exhibition
venue Galerie Beaux-Arts
visitorExperience labyrinthine path
multi-sensory environment

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André Breton curated Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme name Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme translatedName International Surrealist Exhibition
linked to: Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
Mimi Parent participatedIn Exposition internationale du surréalisme (1959) in Paris
linked to: Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme
Rainy Taxi associatedWith Paris International Surrealist Exhibition
linked to: Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme