Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite Corpse ✨

September 20 – November 15, 2025

Reception September 20 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Features Artists:

Anika Griffing • Bernice Sokol Kramer • Constance Slogatt Wolf

Cui Fei • Eileen Palmer • Jacob Stiltner • Jenny Ink • Joe Gattulli

Karen Jakubowski • Krystle Di Nicola • Loretta Oberheim

Lynne Meneses • Michael Setteducati

Michael Krasowitz • Pam Cardwell • Patti Robinson

Safia Fatimi • Scott Farrell • Stephanie Mulvihill • Syd Glasser

One hundred years ago, 1925 saw the development and first exhibition of Surrealism. A key concept in early Surrealism was automatism a method of making art in which the artist suppresses conscious control often allowing chance occurrences to guide the art making process. Most often the artist would begin with automatist processes and then adapt them into a final piece.

Half of the works include in Exquisite Corpse were curated from an open call and then paired with an invited artists work by PACs curatorial team.

The title of the exhibition is inspired by the well known collaborative game “Exquisite Corpse” (cadavre exquis), where folded drawings or phrases were completed in sequence by multiple participants without seeing the whole. The resulting hybrid figures and uncanny juxtapositions embody automatism’s embrace of chance and collective imagination—an apt touchstone for this centenary.

You may also like the following events from Patchogue Arts Council:

• This Thursday, 18th September, 12:00 pm, Contours & Coastlines by Kerri McKay in Patchogue
• Next Friday, 26th September, 07:00 pm, Surrealism Cut, Paste & Party! in Patchogue
• Next Saturday, 27th September, 12:00 pm, Hispanic Heritage Month Festival with @ Pat-Med Library in Patchogue

Also check out other Arts events in Patchogue, Exhibitions in Patchogue, Fine Arts events in Patchogue.