Kay Sage – No One Heard Thunder (1939)

Exhibition poster with the work, No one heard thunder , (1939), by Kay Sage (1898-1965), published in connection with the exhibition, Fantastic Women, at Louisiana, in 2020. This first, major, collective presentation of female surrealists, many of whom have hitherto been overlooked and forgotten, testified to the fact that women have played a more important and more numerous role in surrealism than in any other artistic avant-garde movement.

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The female surrealists were generally younger than their male colleagues and therefore did not create many of their major works until the 1940s and 1950s.

The exhibition showed on the one hand that the female artists worked within themes that were in many cases already associated with surrealism, but at the same time also how they differed from their male colleagues – not least in their search for a (new) female identity model. This often involved an examination of one's own reflection and a play with different roles and female sexuality.

The female artists generally rebelled against gender-specific role behavior and often portrayed themselves with markedly androgynous features or in unusual roles or disguises. Thus, one finds both hybrid beings and demonic seductresses used in this search for imagery that could be used as a template for female identity.

Dimensions: W: 59.4 x H: 84.1 cm (A1)

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Frame: 12mm
Material: Frame in solid oak and with high-quality acrylic glass.