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During the 1930s an atmosphere of disquiet surfaced in the work of artists who merged the poetic and visionary sensibilities of Romantic landscape traditions with the Surrealists' interest in symbolic forms and found objects.
Monster Field: Surreal by Nature considers the shared interests of a selection of mainly New Zealand and British artists, and explores the way they folded together a sensitivity to nature, the landscape and history in imaginative and expressive ways. See the way bones, trees and stones take on new roles, evoking the unseen forces and mysterious qualities of a once familiar land, in this mesmerising exhibition of painting, photography and place.
Part of New Zealand Art: Insights and Connections – a series of exhibitions drawn from our collection
- Date
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- Curated by
- Julia Waite
- Location
- Ground level
- Cost
- Free entry
Related Artwork
Landscape of Bleached Objects
On display
Frozen Flames
oil on canvas
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the Friends of the Auckland Art Gallery, 1962
Pareora River Birds, Bird Men and Fish
ink on gelatin photographic print
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2014
Theo Schoon ‘46 A Recent Discovery of Incised Figure Resembling Maori Tatoo in Duntroon
ink on gelatin photographic print
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2014
Glennis, Hazelburn, Detail Study
ink on gelatin photographic print
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2014
Large Human Figure 'Earthquakes' Duntroon. One of the most fantastic places Theo Schoon ‘47
ink on gelatin photographic print
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2014
Blasted Trunk and Folded Hills
colour lithograph
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, transferred from the E H McCormick Research Library, 1984
Fantasy 2
oil on card
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with the aid of a grant from the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, 1970