Drawing Surrealism at the Morgan Library

I went to this amazing exhibition a few weeks ago and really urge everyone in the city to check it out before it closure on April 21st. The Morgan Library is a wonderful museum and has so much to offer. The Pierpont Morgan's Library is magical. In 2010 the Morgan restored the interior of the 1906 library to its original grandeur. A new lighting system was installed to illuminate the extraordinary murals and decor of the four historic rooms.


My main objective of the visit was the Surrealism exhibition: Bringing together more than 160 works on paper by such iconic artists as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, and Joan Miró, this is the first major exhibition to explore the central role of drawing in surrealism, one of the most important movements in twentieth-century art. Once considered a minor medium, drawing became a predominant means of expression and innovation among surrealist artists in the first half of the twentieth century, resulting in a rich array of graphic techniques including automatic drawing, collage, decalcomania, exquisite corpse, and frottage. 

After visiting, I was inspired to create my own piece. I used the technique decalcomania and explored with contrasting images.... feminine pattern and photographs of wolves I then used white acrylic paint, charcoal, and white chalk to create more depth to the image. I also layered flower pastels with acrylic paint to build a texture.