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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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The art of surrealism: Subversive Spaces at Manchester's Whitworth gallery

Subversive Spaces: The Kinderzimmer, part of the Subversive Spaces exhibition
Kinderzimmer (2009) by Gregor Schneider, the Golden Lion-winning artist's first significant UK installation since Die Familie Schneider in 2004 Photograph: Guardian
Subversive Spaces: The Kinderzimmer, part of the Subversive Spaces exhibition
The children’s rooms in the work were recovered from a village in Schneider’s Rhineland home, demolished to make way for opencast mining Photograph: Christopher Thomond
Subversive Spaces: Kinderzimmer by Gregor Schneider
Another view of Kinderzimmer Photograph: Joel Chester Fildes
Subversive Spaces: Scene from Douglas Gordon's Hysterical
A scene from Douglas Gordon's video installation, Hysterical (1995) Photograph: Christopher Thomond/Christopher Thomond
Subversive Spaces: Hysterical by Douglas Gordon
Another view of Hysterical Photograph: Douglas Gordon
Subversive Spaces: The Pleasure Principle by Sarah Lucas
Sarah Lucas's installation The Pleasure Principle (2000) Photograph: Christopher Thomond
Subversive Spaces: The Pleasure Principle by Sarah Lucas
Another view of Sarah Lucas's The Pleasure Principle Photograph: Sarah Lucas
Subversive Spaces: Tilted Play Pen by Robert Gober
Tilted Play Pen by American artist Robert Gober Photograph: Christopher Thomond
Subversive Spaces: La Rue du Tramway by Paul Delvaux
La Rue du Tramway by Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), a Belgian regarded as one of the founders of surrealism Photograph: Christopher Thomond
Subversive Spaces: Scenes from George Shaw's The Passion: The Swing, 2002/3
Scenes from George Shaw's The Passion: The Swing (2002-03) Photograph: PR
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