Surrealism. Communicating Vessels

In 2012, Mexico's National Institute of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Art presented the exhibition Surrealism: Communicating Vessels, which offers a renewed examination of surrealism, analyzing its impact in both Europe and Latin America. The exhibition features works by prominent artists such as Salvador Dalí, Raúl Anguiano, Alberto Giacometti, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and Leonora Carrington, all of whom developed surrealist principles in Mexico.

The catalogue, accompanied by several essays by experts such as Serge Fauchereau, Didier Ottinger, Juan Manuel Bonet, and Philippe Ollé-Laprune, delves into surrealism from its origins in Europe, its influence in Mexico, and the imagery that sustains it. Mónica López Velarde, Helí Morales, and Nestor A. Braunstein explore the links with psychoanalysis, creative freedom, and the driving forces of surrealist thought. This monograph becomes an essential reference for understanding surrealism and its transatlantic connection.