Surrealist sculpture: the art of giving form to the imaginary

El rey jugando con la reina de Max Ernst, escultura surrealista con figuras totémicas, arte simbólico y formas primitivas en bronce.

The Surrealist movement transformed the way art was understood in the 20th century. Rather than striving for a faithful representation of reality, Surrealist artists sought to explore the world of dreams, the unconscious, the imagination, and the irrational. Although this movement is usually associated with painting, Surrealist sculpture also played a key role. It allowed … Read more

Leonora Carrington: Sculptures Between Myth and Bronze

retrato en blanco y negro de Leonora Carrington, artista surrealista vinculada a la escultura en bronce, la mitología y las figuras híbridas

Leonora Carrington is one of the most distinctive figures of 20th-century Surrealism. Although her name is often associated with painting and writing, her sculptural work plays a central role in her artistic legacy. His bronze sculptures give physical form to an imaginary world inhabited by hybrid creatures, female figures, fantastical animals, and symbols linked to … Read more

Dalí sculptures: surrealism cast in bronze

Teatro-Museo Dalí en Figueres con esculturas de Salvador Dalí, referente del arte surrealista en escultura y esculturas de bronce del movimiento surrealista

Salvador Dalí, born in Figueres in 1904, was one of the leading figures of the Surrealist movement, an artistic movement that transformed the history of 20th-century art. His sculptures arose from the need to convert pictorial symbols into three-dimensional Surrealist objects. Elements such as crutches, soft watches, and impossible elephants leave the canvas to become … Read more