Dušan and Voitre Marek finally receive their place in the pantheon of Australian surrealism
- Written by: Catherine Speck, Professorial Fellow (Honorary), The University of Melbourne
Dušan Marek, born Bítouchov, Czechoslovakia 1926, died Adelaide 1993. Analysis of Substance, 1952, Kings Cross, Sydney. Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 88.2 cm. Purchased with the assistance of James Agapitos OAM and Ray Wilson OAM 2007, National Gallery of Australia, CanberraSurrealism — famously defined by Andre Breton in his 1924 Mani...