The Surreal (2024)
April 1–May 1, 2024
The Surreal (2024) is an online photography exhibition at TCG Gallery featuring 35 works by 33 international photographers exploring dream logic, symbolism, and Surrealist photography themes. This conceptual and symbolic photography exhibition includes mannequin photography, cyanotype photography, tintype photography, and photo transfer processes, alongside contemporary archival prints. Photographers featured are based in the United States, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Greece, Bangladesh, the Netherlands, Scotland, Brazil, France, and Canada, contributing to an international photographers roster within TCG Gallery's broader photography exhibition archive of contemporary photography and fine art photography exhibitions across many countries and processes. Below, view all 35 works in the exhibition grid, read each photographer's process, medium, price, and country credit, or explore The Uncanny, a related TCG Gallery exhibition drawing on similar ideas about the human figure and unease. Photographers interested in future TCG Gallery open calls can browse current photography open calls and the full online exhibition archive for more surreal photography exhibitions, symbolic photography, and conceptual photography subjects.
Featured Artists
Brian Hallas, Bryan Paul Patterson, Daniel Mirer, Denis Sivack, Egor Gushin, Elisa Mariotti, Erin Nicole Power, Florian Reckert, Hillary Greene-Pae, Howard Pohl, Jeff Schewe, Jennifer Goebner, Jeremy De Backer, Jon Wollenhaupt, Junwu Chen, Kaleigh Hunter, Kylo-Patrick Hart, Luke Woodford, Mark Elson, Matyas Palenicek, Michael Lee, Paolo Carta, Perry Hambright, Peter Lemiska, Rafael C.M. Serrano, Robert Koss, Ruslan Morozov, Ryan Mayfield, Sharon Harris, Steve Anderson, Stevie Newton, Taylor Bareford, Yead Muhammad Ivan
Somnium No. 1, Honorable Mention, archival print on aludibond, 50 x 50 cm, 2024, $590, © Florian Reckert, Hamburg, Germany
Under the Namib, archival print, 60 x 90 in, 2021, NFS, © Jeremy De Backer, Lille, France
Big Boy, archival print, 22 x 17 in, 2014, $1200, © Jeff Schewe, Chicago, Illinois
Dew Point, archival print, 12 x 17 in, 2023, $500, © Perry Hambright, Santa Barbara, California
Desert Igloo, archival print, 20 x 20 in, 2023, $1500, © Daniel Mirer, Sunnyvale, California
Interpretation of Le Principe du Plaisir, archival print on cotton paper, 30 x 45 cm, 2024, 350€, © Paolo Carta, Siena, Italy
Terrible Enfant, archival print, 11 x 14 in, 2024, $350, © Hillary Greene-Pae, Calabasas, California
Man on Fire, silver gelatin print, 14 x 20 in, 2004, © Howard Pohl, $350, Lindenhurst, New York
Nymph of Spring, archival print, 16 x 12 cm, 2023, $60, © Egor Gushin, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Lucid, archival print, 11 x 14 in, 2024, $100, © Kaleigh Hunter, Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Body and Arm on Log, archival print, 11 x 14 in, 2024, $350, © Steve Anderson, Waldport, Oregon
Woman Bearing Witness, archival print, 16 x 24 in, 2023, $600, © Jon Wollenhaupt, Sacramento, California
Ordinary Day, photo transfer on aluminum, 16 x 24 in, 2024, $650, © Kylo-Patrick Hart, Aledo, Texas
Albert Hoffman's Bike Ride, photo transfer on aluminium, 75 x 50 cm, 2023, £300, © Stevie Newton, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Infrastructure, archival print, 18 x 24 in, 2019, $500, © Brian Hallas, Eatontown, New Jersey
The Healer, cyanotype print, 11.25 x 10.5 in, 2024, $93, © Bryan Paul Patterson, Yelm, Washington
Upside Down, archival print, 8 x 12 in, 2024, $200, © Michael Lee, Florence, Massachusetts
Resurrection No. 1, Honorable Mention, archival print, 90 x 60 cm, 2023, £1950, © Luke Woodford, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
The Lovers, tintype, 5 x 7 in, 2022, $350, © Taylor Bareford, Atlanta, Georgia
Space Horror, giclee print from tintype, 11 x 14 in, 2023, $500, © Mark Elson, Lowell, Massachusetts
Sonata Transmutations: Nocturnal Foreboding, archival print, 10 x 15 in, 2024, $200, © Jennifer Goebner, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Head in Hands, archival print from pinhole camera, 21.25 x 25.25 in, 2023, $450, © Sharon Harris, Laurel Springs, New Jersey
Door and Mannequin Legs, archival print, 10 x 14.5 in, 2017, $800, © Denis Sivack, New York City, New York
Four of Wands, cyanotype print, 11 x 14.5 in, 2018, $130, © Bryan Paul Patterson, Yelm, Washington
Strategic Point, chromogenic print, 21 x 21 cm, $80, © Erin Nicole Power, Mercer Island, Washington
Needlenose Egret, archival print, 8 x 12 in, 1990, © Peter Lemiska, Raymond, New Hampshire
Walrus Meld, archival print, 24 x 24 in, 2019, $999, © Robert Koss, Santa Clarita, California
Tears of Our Planet, archival print, 23.6 х 15.7 in, 2018, $500, © Ruslan Morozov, Izmail, Ukraine
Tale of a Hallucination, photo transfer on aluminum, 20 x 13 in, 2023, $269, © Yead Muhammad Ivan, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
'A Contissa, archival print, 120 x 80 cm, 2024, 1500€, © Elisa Mariotti, BibbIena, Italy
A Glade Lies in Mind No. 3, Director's Choice, archival print, 60 x 75 cm, 2022, £100, © Junwu Chen, London, United Kingdom
Window No. 365, archival print, 80 x 53 cm, 2024, 200€, © Matyas Palenicek, Záhrabská, Czech Republic
Windows in Walls, archival print, 17 x 22 in, 1984, $1200, © Jeff Schewe, Chicago, Illinois
Daymare Mansion, archival print, 12 x 18 in, 2023, $300, © Ryan Mayfield, Salt Lake City, Utah
Light Creature, Curator's Choice, archival print, 20 x 30 in, 2022, $350, © Rafael C.M. Serrano, Campinas, Brazil
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