A Surrealist Soiree
Join us for an evening exploring the unconventional, imaginary worlds of Parisians Jean-Jacques Lequeu and Alfred Jarry. Curators will delve into a selection of fantastic and humorous works in Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect and Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being during a series of brief gallery talks. In the Gilbert Court, you can participate in the surrealist drawing game Exquisite Corpse, relax with a prix fixe French wine and cheese tasting. Enjoy French inspired music by the Brooklyn based band The Bailsmen playing Gypsy Jazz and Vintage Swing.
Free. Food and drink available for purchase.
Public programs for Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect. Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being are presented in cooperation with La Maison Française of New York University.
Alfred Jarry, ca. 1894–96. Photograph attributed to Nadar, courtesy of Thieri Foulc.
Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757–1826), The Great Yawner, n.d. Pen and black ink, brown wash, and red chalk. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.