Wolfgang Robert Paalen was an Austrian-Mexican painter, sculptor, and art philosopher. A member of the Abstraction-Création group from 1934 to 1935, he joined the influential Surrealist movement in 1935 and was one of its prominent exponents until 1942. Whilst in exile in Mexico, he founded his own counter-surrealist art-magazine DYN, in which he summarized his critical attitude towards radical subjectivism and Freudo-Marxism in Surrealism with his philosophy of contingency. He rejoined the group between 1951 and 1954, during his sojourn in Paris.
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Works in Collection
4 works
Exhibitions
7 exhibitionsDec 07, 1936 – Jan 17, 1937
Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
179 artists · 1 curator
Apr 15, 1947 – Jun 01, 1947
Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
83 artists
Nov 30, 1955 – Feb 22, 1956
Recent Acquisitions
44 artists
Nov 20, 1962 – Jan 13, 1963
Recent Acquisitions
77 artists
Sep 17, 1965 – Dec 14, 1965
Recent Acquisitions: Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
12 artists · 1 curator
Jun 29, 1966 – Sep 05, 1966
The Object Transformed
20 artists · 1 curator
Mar 27, 1968 – Jun 09, 1968
Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage
94 artists · 1 curator