Robilant+Voena is pleased to announce the upcoming Milan iteration of A Mysterious Vision: The Uncanny and Lingering Influences of Surrealism in Contemporary Art, curated by Robert Zeller. Following an acclaimed run in New York, the Milan exhibition brings the selection of works of 16 contemporary artists to European audiences, with some of the artists showing for the first time in Italy. On view in Robilant+Voena’s gallery on Via della Spiga at the heart of the city, the show examines the enduring influence of Surrealism in the psyche and creative processes of artists working today. The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive catalogue of the exhibition, which elaborates on the four key Surrealist themes explored in the exhibition: the Psychic Landscape, the Psychic Interior, Uncanny Figuration and Non-Objective Fragments.
A Mysterious Vision expands upon curator Robert Zeller’s 2023 acclaimed book New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting, which presented a sweeping exposition of both historical Surrealism and its legacy in the world of contemporary art, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the movement.
Artists featured: Alicia Adamerovich, Jamie Adams, Ginny Casey, Vincent Desiderio, Lars Elling, Lola Gil, Matt Hansel, Alessandro Keegan, Tim Kent, Arghavan Khosravi, Maria Kreyn, Laura Krifka, Kristy Luck, Robert Ryan, Gretchen Scherer and Nicola Verlato.
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About the curator
Robert Zeller is a visual artist, writer and curator who received a BFA from a joint program of the Boston Museum School and Tufts University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. In tandem with curating art exhibitions, Zeller has written two books for Monacelli Press, an imprint of Phaidon International, The Figurative Artist's Handbook (2017), and New Surrealism: The Uncanny in Contemporary Painting (2023). He contributed a chapter to Photography: Real and Imagined (2023), profiling the permanent collection of Surrealist photography of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, and has also written for The Brooklyn Rail, Sotheby's and other influential art periodicals and blogs. Zeller has given lectures and moderated panels at Gagosian Beverly Hills, New York University, Rizzoli Books and other influential venues. He is currently working on his third book, Witty and Macabre: The Legacy of Surrealism, Symbolism and Expressionism on Contemporary art in Belgium, which will be exhibited in New York in 2027.
