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Five works from the Takeo Poster Collection by Xanti Schawinsky (1934), Heinrich Mahler (1939), Herbert Leupin (1945), and Max Ernst (1936) are being presented at the “MODE SURREAL: A Crazy Love for Wearing” exhibition held at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. 

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Exhibition “MODE SURREAL: A Crazy Love for Wearing”

Dates:	January 15th (Sat.) - April 10th (Sun.), 2022
Venue:	Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
	5-21-9, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo  map
	Tel 050-5541-8600
Open hours:	10:00–18:00  * Last admission at 17:30.  *Reserve Ticket for Your Visit
closing day:	Closed Mondays (except March 21) and Tuesday, March 22.
Organizers:	Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture /
	Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

 

The following is based on  the introduction on the “MODE SURREAL” exhibition website:

 

Surrealism, the largest art movement of the twentieth century, transcended the confines of art to exert an influence on the very depths of human consciousness. The work of talented creators who pioneered a new age creating innovative designs sometimes overlapped with Surrealist thinking, with fresh ideas in common with Surrealism emerging in the world of fashion, as well.

 

Elsa Schiaparelli, who was friends with Surrealist artists, actively incorporated into fashion unique sensibilities presented in Surrealist trends. Surrealist artists also utilized fashion items such as hats, shoes, and handbags as a source of inspiration in their paintings, photos, objets d’art, and other work. In fact, the unique creativity inspired by Surrealism continues to exert its influence today as a ‘mode surreal,’ such as with trompe l'oeil-like illustrations incorporated into garments and designs that seem to reverse our perception of inside and outside.

 

This exhibition presents a wide range of items on themes that appear ‘surreal’ to us today, from historic fashion plates from the sixteenth century to contemporary art, focusing on works that appear to share a Surrealist sensibility. Adopting as one perspective the influence Surrealism had on fashion, the show explores the expression of beauty that created a sensation in the world of fashion through the free creativity and ideas of Surrealism.