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Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to present The Neverending Story: The Dream, opening December 12th in St. Moritz. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Manifesto of Surrealism, the exhibition will demonstrate the importance of the movement and its ongoing relevance for so many artists working today.

In his landmark 1924 polemic Manifesto of Surrealism, artist-philosopher Andr茅 Breton proclaimed: 鈥淚f the depths of our mind contain within it strange forces capable of augmenting those on the surface, or of waging a victorious battle against them, there is every reason to seize them鈥�It is not the fear of madness which will oblige us to leave the flag of imagination furled. The case against the realistic attitude demands to be examined.鈥� In 2024, a century after these words were published, artists continue to grapple with and interpret their encounters with the realm of the uncanny that exists beyond the surface of everyday life, creating art that is best described as Contemporary Surrealism.

The exhibition鈥檚 title, The Neverending Story: The Dream, refers to the Surrealists preoccupation with both the cyclical nature of time and memory, a continuous narrative, and the personal and collective unconscious. Bringing together works by figures associated with the Surrealist movement and those whose work was influenced by it, the show will examine the ways in which artists have explored these themes over the last century. Each of these artists has pushed the boundaries of experimentation in painting and/or sculpture in their battle against the expected. With their questioning of traditional and rational thought in contemporary society, they construct bridges between the dream world, the unconscious, and the political struggles of their time.