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This surrealist photograph by Dora Maar features a haunting photomontage where a delicate plaster female hand, gently resting on pale sand, merges seamlessly with the spiral form of a large seashell. The hybrid object emerges from a dreamlike landscape, its smooth surface standing out against the rough texture of the sandy terrain. In the background, a dramatic and possibly inverted sky filled with clouds evokes a mysterious, otherworldly atmosphere—reminiscent of an underwater dreamscape or a desolate moonlit desert. The theatrical lighting and sharp shadows frame the composition as a scene suspended in strangeness. The image embodies the surrealist aesthetic central to Dora Maar’s work, blending visual poetry, organic ambiguity, and latent symbolism.

Exhibitions, Collection

Focus on... "Shell-Hand" by Dora Maar

Dora Maar—a professional fashion photographer in the 1930s, an engaged intellectual, Pablo Picasso’s…

ie Lei, artiste contemporain, pose dans son atelier lumineux. En arrière-plan, deux grands tableaux sombres révèlent des silhouettes vertes spectrales, semblant flotter ou tomber, créant une ambiance onirique et mystérieuse.

Exhibitions, Backstage

In Xie Lei’s Work, the Uncanny Becomes Painting

Winner of the 2025 Marcel Duchamp Prize, painter Xie Lei continues his exploration of the strange an…