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Positive Nation
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Hans Bellmer's Daliesque squiggling bodies form part of a new exhibition opening in the West End this month. The artist's etchings dissect his subjects and seduce the viewer to

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dwell on taboo creatures and images. This exhibition also focuses on surrealist images of fashion and includes work from other Belgian artists like Duchamp, Magritte, Hay and Breder. From 1938 to the present, there's a lot to tickle your surrealist fancy here.
Running alongside at the gallery is 'Warhol and Rare Pre-Pop Works'. The emphasis of this collection is the feminine motif in the work of Warhol and other Pop artists. So we have Andy's Jackie Kennedy, Red Shoe

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with Paisley Stocking and 60s rarity Wrapping Paper, with Roy Lichtenstein's Crying Girl and gems from Basquiat, Bob Stanley and Gavin Turk.
Both exhibitions opened with benefit parties for Crusaid and both

Rare Pop Art and Surrealism at West End's Pollock Fine Art Gallery

run until June. Ten per cent of all proceeds from this poptastic couple of shows goes to Crusaid.
Pollock Fine Art Gallery, 21 Beak Street, London W1, Tel 020 7434 9947.

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