Der Surrealist Max Ernst hat als Künstler nicht fotografiert. Dennoch feiert das Berliner Museum für Fotografie jetzt den 100. Geburtstag des Surrealismus mit der Ausstellung "Fotogaga. Max Ernst und ...

100th anniversary of Surrealism: The Museum für Fotografie is showing a representative overview of Max Ernst's works from the Würth Collection.

Contributed by Florian Hardwig _**Source:  rausgegangen.de **License: All Rights Reserved. _ Fotogaga is an exhibition concerned with photographic and photography-inspired works by Max Ernst (1891–1976). It was recently shown at Berlin’s Museum für Fotografie. From the press release: > Max Ernst holds a prominent position within Dada and Surrealist Art. His name stands for genre-bending works that combine dream and reality. The exhibition […] is the first to search for points of intersection between his work and photography. Commemorating Surrealism’s centenary, the Museum für Fotografie (Museum of Photography) is showing a representative overview of Max Ernst’s artworks from the Würth Collection. These are complemented by works from the Kunstbibliothek, Kupferstichkabinett, Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and other exceptional loans from museums and private collections in France and Germany. Both the exhibition graphics including posters, flyers, and scenography as well as the design of the accompanying catalog make prominent use of **Cosplay**. According to its designer, Philipp Herrmann of Swiss foundry Out of the Dark, the italic-only typeface “is based on two paradox design principles by combining organic shapes with a grid-based structure. It’s] drawn from scratch with loose references to Lazybones …], Cooper Nouveau …] and typography spawned by rave culture”. A further cited source of inspiration are the works of [Jean (Hans) Arp, Surrealist artist colleague and close friend of Ernst. The [specimen pdf for Cosplay depicts [Floral, a collage created by Arp in 1957, featuring fluid organic shapes. The accompanying sans is Dinamo’s **ABC Favorit**. The exhibition was curated by Katja Böhlau and Ludger Derenthal. Wienand Verlag published the bilingual catalog (German and English). It comes with essays by the curators as well as by Michael Lailach and Jürgen Pech. _**Source:  www.wienand-verlag.de **Wienand Verlag. License: All Rights Reserved. _ Catalog cover _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Wienand Verlag. License: All Rights Reserved. _ The book design additionally features **HAL Vincent** by HAL Typefaces. _**Source:  www.smb.museum **License: All Rights Reserved. _ Page from the catalog with the (partial) list of works _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Wienand Verlag. License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source:  freundederfotografie.berlin **License: All Rights Reserved. _ Front and back of a flyer with a list of events accompanying the exhibition in March and April 2025 _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Fotoreklame (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. _ The info panels and wall signs for the exhibition were produced by Fotoreklame. _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Fotoreklame (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Fotoreklame (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Fotoreklame (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source:  www.instagram.com **Fotoreklame (edited). License: All Rights Reserved. _ This post was originally published at Fonts In Use * * *