Fever Dream

Friday Gallery Announces “Fever Dream” - Group Exhibition of Surrealist Artists from Latin America and the Global South, Opening During Frieze Art Week in LA

Exhibition coincides with shelf residency by Institute for Art and Olfaction, DubLab, Atmos, Chinese design collective The Cool & Cute Friends Club, and Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj

Los Angeles, CA — February 2026 —As Max declares in Where the Wild Things Are, “Let the wild rumpus begin.” Fever Dream, a seasonal exhibition by Friday Gallery in RowDTLA, opens Tuesday, Feb. 24, exploring the surrealist wilds found at the edge of reality: that charged, trembling place where the old rules loosen their grip, chaos purrs, and strangeness feels like home. Works by Roberto Benavidez, M. Florine Démosthène, Anindita Dutta, Diego Moreno, Larissa De Jesús Negrón, and Pedro Troncoso draw from their global surrealist lineages: Mexican spirit lore to Dominican dream-worlds and modern myth-making.

Across cultures and time, moments of upheaval have produced revivals of esoteric thinking, mystical symbolism, and surrealist creative movements. “When systems collapse, our trust in logic and straight-line thinking crumbles along with them. So we reach for other maps: the subconscious, the spiritual, the strange. The places that still feel alive.” - Mitch Jafery, Friday Gallery

In Fever Dream, an old black shoe grows horns from inside its beaded red purse heart. Curious jungle plants consume a young woman as their beloved. A tall spirit with glowing eyes perches on horseback, tempting lone travelers to a deal. A bedroom drenched in a violet haze drowns in good chaos. Strange and wondrous creatures bow their piñata heads, extend a paw, and invite you to dance.

The show will be paired with a Shelf Residency with creative partner organizations exploring surrealism through their distinct lenses, each taking over a 20-ft shelf with limited edition items and storytelling: “Scent & Surrealism" with the Institute for Art and Olfaction, “Sound & Surrealism” with beloved radio station DubLab, “Sight and Surrealism” with Atmos, “Touch and Surrealism" with the Chinese design collective The Cool & Cute Friends Club, and “Wear & Surrealism” with Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj.

Let the wild rumpus reign.

FEVER DREAM: ON RE-WILDING
Opening Reception Tues Feb 24, 6-9PM (Open to the public)
Friday Gallery, ROWDTLA
767 S. Alameda St, Suite 198, Los Angeles
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