About the Exhibition: Artists and Works
The 1930s: The Making of “The New Man” brings together more than 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs by artists from Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, the United States and Canada.
This international exhibition features works from eminent European Artists such as Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Max Ernst, and August Sander, and North American artists including Grant Wood, Jackson Pollock, Walker Evans and Alex Colville. Also showcased are works by Joan Miró, Diego Rivera, Alexander Rodchenko, Otto Dix, Lisette Model, Andrè Kertész, and Jean Arp.
During the 1930s, previously celebrated artists were reined in through coercion and savvy propagandist methods. Some rebelled, while others fell into line. Governments also used modernist techniques and styles to give their propaganda the flavour of stylistic currency. The images chosen in this exhibition are often both stunning and distressing, exploring the most disturbing tensions at play in the art of the period.