Automatism, as Masson devised it, was a type of mark-making dictated by the subconscious, with none predetermined composition in mind. But Masson was greater than automatism, and this retrospective seeks out to prove it. Among the lesser-known components his oeuvre surveyed will be the works made when he visited Martinique in 1940, luring a few of the lush flora seen there into his drawings from around the same time. On the event of his first exhibition with Modern Art, Pope.L was interviewed by Oliver Basciano for The Guardian to debate his life and profession. Mark Handforth and Eva Rothschild are …

Automatism, as Masson devised it, was a type of mark-making dictated by the subconscious, with none predetermined composition in mind. But Masson was greater than automatism, and this retrospective seeks out to prove it. Among the lesser-known components his oeuvre surveyed will be the works made when he visited Martinique in 1940, luring a few of the lush flora seen there into his drawings from around the same time. On the event of his first exhibition with Modern Art, Pope.L was interviewed by Oliver Basciano for The Guardian to debate his life and profession. Mark Handforth and Eva Rothschild are …