The works by Mozambican artist Malangatana Valente Ngwenha are part of a set of productions available for viewing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art [The Met], in New York.

The exhibition "Surrealism Beyond Borders" has been open to the public since Monday and includes works by artists from 45 countries. The exhibition will then be on show at the Tate Modern in London from February 24 next year until August 29.

In addition to Malangatana (1936-2011), this exhibition includes works by Artur do Cruzeiro Seixas (1920-2020), Fernando Lemos (e1926-2019), António Pedro (1909-1966), and António de Azevedo (1889-1968).

Surrealism grew out of a "revolutionary idea that began in Paris around 1924, which asserted the unconscious and dreams over family and everyday life," says the Met.

Although surrealism suggests poetic and humorous works "it was also used as a more serious weapon in the international freedom struggle," the Met continues.

The exhibition aims to transcend the goal of surrealism through a Western European perspective.

"'Surrealism Beyond Borders' offers a new take on collective concerns and exchanges that reposition the appreciation of this revolutionary, global movement" mentions the Met.

The exhibition is spread across eight rooms, revisiting themes such as the "exploration of the unconscious" from a "new and broad perspective, both geographically and temporally."