Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
24 September to 4
December 2011
Uncanny:
Surrealism and Graphic Design,
conceived and curated by Poynor for the Moravian Gallery in Brno, is the first
major exhibition to explore the influence of Surrealism on graphic image-making
and graphic design. Featuring more than 250 items — posters, prints, books,
magazines, record sleeves, typefaces and films — Uncanny investigates
the profound impact of Surrealist ideas and images on visual communication from
the 1930s to the present.
Uncanny includes images and designs by Karel Teige,
Jindřich Štyrský, Toyen, Jindřich Heisler, Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová,
Josef Vylet’al, Karel Teissig (Czechoslovakia); Roman Cieslewicz, Jan Lenica,
Franciszek Starowieyski, Bronislaw Zelek (Poland); M/M (Paris), Marion
Bataille, Laboratoires CCCP (France); Andrzej Klimowski, Vaughan Oliver, Quay
Brothers, Graham Rawle (UK); Elliott Earls, Brian Schorn, Edward Fella,
Jonathon Rosen (US), and many others.