Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
‘Les surprises du hasard’ by Max Ernst and Joaquín Ferrer - two major figures born on opposite sides of the Atlantic, whose deep intellectual and artistic friendship has long remained largely unknown.
The title references Arthur Rimbaud’s poem Les Poètes de sept ans (1871), a key figure in Surrealism who heralded a new poetic and artistic era.
Joaquín Ferrer (Manzanillo, 1928 – Paris, 2022) was a painter renowned for his unique style, blending geometric abstraction with lyrical abstraction.
His work is distinctive and authentic, combining artistic sensitivity, subtlety, and formal rigor, he brings us thanks to his imaginary, dreamlike, mystical, and poetic alphabet through a masterful play of rhythm and light.
Max Ernst, a German painter who later became an American and then a French citizen, embraced a playful, imaginative approach throughout his work Associated with the Dada movement then Surrealism. He evolved quickly from the expressionism of his early paintings to becoming a significant figure in Surrealism.
‘Les surprises du hasard’
Max Ernst & Joaquìn Ferrer
03.04.25 - 19.07.25
GALLERIA CONTINUA / Paris Matignon
108 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
7508 Paris
France
Video: @troisieme_rive
@joaquinferrer.association @parisgalleryweekend
#GALLERIACONTINUA #JoaquinFerrer #MaxErnst #Matignon #lessirprisesduhasard #parisgalleryweekend
‘Les surprises du hasard’ by Max Ernst and Joaquín Ferrer - two major figures born on opposite sides of the Atlantic, whose deep intellectual and artistic friendship has long remained largely unknown.
The title references Arthur Rimbaud’s poem Les Poètes de sept ans (1871), a key figure in Surrealism who heralded a new poetic and artistic era.
Joaquín Ferrer (Manzanillo, 1928 – Paris, 2022) was a painter renowned for his unique style, blending geometric abstraction with lyrical abstraction.
His work is distinctive and authentic, combining artistic sensitivity, subtlety, and formal rigor, he brings us thanks to his imaginary, dreamlike, mystical, and poetic alphabet through a masterful play of rhythm and light.
Max Ernst, a German painter who later became an American and then a French citizen, embraced a playful, imaginative approach throughout his work Associated with the Dada movement then Surrealism. He evolved quickly from the expressionism of his early paintings to becoming a significant figure in Surrealism.
‘Les surprises du hasard’
Max Ernst & Joaquìn Ferrer
03.04.25 - 19.07.25
GALLERIA CONTINUA / Paris Matignon
108 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
7508 Paris
France
Video: @troisieme_rive
@joaquinferrer.association @parisgalleryweekend
#GALLERIACONTINUA #JoaquinFerrer #MaxErnst #Matignon #lessirprisesduhasard #parisgalleryweekend
