Reflecting on a Century of André Breton's Surrealism: Surrealistic Art Exhibition at the Oei Hong Djien Museum

Surrealism has grown since 1924 – 21 years before the Republic of Indonesia was founded. Yet, this art movement has found fertile ground in Indonesia. Art communities in the country have well-embraced keywords associated with Surrealism, such as automatism, chance, unconscious, dream world, and juxtapositions. After doing literature studies and observing the works projected for the 100 years of André Breton's surrealism exhibition at the Oei Hong Djien Museum, to open in October 2024 until February 2025, we have found there are more important points of Surrealism that have been missed to infuse into the curatorial writing for enhancing the exhibition.