Surrealistic parade

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Salvador Dali, Swans Reflecting Elephants, 1937 © 2011, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / ProLitteris, Zürich

René Magritte, The Comic Spirit, 1928 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Giorgio de Chirico, The Evil Genius of a King, 1914/15 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Salvador Dalí, The Enigma of Desire, 1929 © 2011, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / ProLitteris, Zürich

René Magritte, The Key of Dreams, 1930 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Max Ernst, The Entire City, 1935 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Man Ray, Indestructible Object, 1923/1933/1965 © 2011, Man Ray Trust, Paris / ProLitteris, Zürich

Joan Miró, Snail Woman Flower Star, 1934 © 2011, Successió Miró / ProLitteris, Zürich

Man Ray, Tears, 1933/1959 © 2011 ProLitteris, Zürich

Francis Picabia, The Animal Tamer, 1923 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Yves Tanguy, The New Games, 1940 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Hans Bellmer, La poupée (The Doll), 1935/36 © 2011, ProLittteris, Zürich

Joan Miró, Circus Horse, 1927 © 2011, Successió Miró / ProLitteris, Zürich

Paul Delvaux, Pygmalion, 1939 © 2011, Fond. P. Delvaux S. Idesbald, Belgien / ProLitteris, Zürich

René Magritte, The Great War, 1964 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Man Ray, Erotique voilée (Veiled Erotic), 1933/34 © 2011, Man Ray Trust, Paris / ProLitteris, Zürich

Meret Oppenheim, Ma gouvernante – my nurse – mein Kindermädchen, 1936/1967 © 2011, ProLitteris, Zürich

Memebers of the Bureau of Surrealist Research, 1924 From left to right, standing: Jacques Baron, Raymond Queneau, Pierre Naville, André Breton, Jacques-André Boiffard, Giorgio de Chirico, Roger Vitrac, Paul Eluard, Philippe Soupault, Robert Desnos and Louis Aragon; sitting: Simone Breton, Max Morise, Marie-Louise Soupault © 2011, Man Ray Trust, Paris / ProLitteris, Zürich

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What was going through Dali, Magritte or Miro's minds?

Basel’s Beyeler Foundation is displaying works by the Surrealists as part of a major exhibition. Surrealism was one of the 20th century’s important literary and artistic movements that included personalites such as Dali, Miro, Magritte and Oppenheim. Their work is often enigmatic, with the subconscious competing with the irrational for space. More than 100 works from around the world are on display from October 2, 2011 to January 29, 2012. (All pictures: © 2011, ProLitteris, Zurich)