The two displays in Surreal Impulses look at surrealist connections and inspirations in Museum & Art Swindon's art and ceramics collections.
In Beyond the Real, Swindon's own surrealists Desmond Morris and Walter G. Poole are shown alongside works by artists who were, from the 1920s to the 2000s, influenced or inspired by the work of Surrealist artists, including Edward Wadsworth and Cecil Collins as well as other local artists such as Carleton Attwood and David Bent.
A Different Frame of Mind turns the focus to women artists and looks at how some of the themes of surrealism such as absurdity, playfulness and unsettling imagery, ambiguity of meaning, psychological states and the uneasy relationship between artist, artwork and viewer come through in their work. The display combines ceramics from the collection with works by artists acquired in the 2010s such as Monster Chetwynd and Katherine Jones.
Image: The Incident by Desmond Morris, 2018
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