We started with the René Magritte exposition 'La Trahison des Images'. The exposition seeks to explore Magritte's passion for philosophy, through his paintings, drawings and documents. Magritte is my favourite surrealist artist...I love the way he depicts a view through a view - behind open curtains, framed, through doors...and I love the re-working of images, referred to in the exposition as his "endless arranging and re-arranging".
Then on to the exposition 'Beat Generation'...a collection of photographs, drawings, collages, films, poetry, books and soundtracks illustrating the literary and artistic movement of the Beat Generation in New York, Paris and Tangier from the late 1940s, through the 50s and into the early 60s.
Such a change of pace from Magritte...William S. Burroughs - frightening but mesmerising! Highlight for me was a wonderful display of photographs, taken by, or of Allen Ginsberg with one of Ginsberg's cameras, each one with a handwritten note by Ginsberg explaining the moment, who was there and what camera was used. The photos featured others of the Beat Generation who lived, travelled, wrote with Ginsberg...Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Peter Orlovsky. Loved it!
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Hi Sally & Brent,
Well, there is certainly some quirky work showing in the exhibition, no wonder you loved it - interesting and different. The 'photos are great.......Love L&G
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