Pigs do fly sometimes, in this Minneapolis show of surreal photos

A man paddles his canoe to the shores of a lake, only to discover that the shimmering, reflective water is actually shards of a shattered mirror. Someone climbs out of the sea on a ladder, while another person ascends a ladder into the sky.

These scenarios are impossible in everyday life, but not in the art of Swedish-born, Prague-based artist Erik Johansson. Like Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, Johansson playfully creates landscapes that fit into the category of masterful surrealism.

Thirty of his magical, eye-dazzling photographs are displayed at the American Swedish Institute, inside both the Osher gallery and throughout both floors of the Turnblad mansion.