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Author: Jennifer Mundy ,
Dawn Ades ,
Vincent Gille
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 24.10cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 27.30cm
Weight: 2.126kg
ISBN: 9780691090641
ISBN 10: 0691090645
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 18 November 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Language: English
Reviews
The lavishly illustrated catalogue ... provides additional lenses through which to view the often hypnotic artworks and the affiliated groups of artists that produced them. Eleven essayists dissect desire in all its romantic, sexual, psychoanalytic, literary, and political manifestations. -- Robert Askins ArtNews [A] gripping album of Surrealist works in all media, from the movement's origins in interwar Europe to its legacy in contemporary art, with special attention to erotic content. Thematic essays offer as much historical sweep and critical penetration as any single book on the subject. -- Kenneth Baker San Francisco Chronicle This well-crafted book comprises a rich lode of 300 illustrations, many not published previously, and 12 essays (by as many contributors) devoted to the many aspects of surrealist desire. Since the notion of desire is central to surrealism, this volume is overdue and most welcome... A variety of presentations and explanations of events, artists works, and particular manifestations of surrealism provide useful background and detail, thus usefully complementing the annotated essays. Choice The theme of the exhibition is considerably enhanced and refined by its well orchestrated catalogue. -- Roger Cardinal Times Literary Supplement With qualifications, everything in the show possesses surreality--or convulsive beauty--providing we understand how to unlock it. The most helpful thing to understand is that aesthetics was never a central Surrealist preoccupation, so looking for an aesthetic experience here will not get you to first base. -- Arthur C. Danto The Nation
The lavishly illustrated catalogue ... provides additional lenses through which to view the often hypnotic artworks and the affiliated groups of artists that produced them. Eleven essayists dissect desire in all its romantic, sexual, psychoanalytic, literary, and political manifestations. -- Robert Askins ArtNews [A] gripping album of Surrealist works in all media, from the movement's origins in interwar Europe to its legacy in contemporary art, with special attention to erotic content. Thematic essays offer as much historical sweep and critical penetration as any single book on the subject. -- Kenneth Baker San Francisco Chronicle This well-crafted book comprises a rich lode of 300 illustrations, many not published previously, and 12 essays (by as many contributors) devoted to the many aspects of surrealist desire. Since the notion of desire is central to surrealism, this volume is overdue and most welcome... A variety of presentations and explanations of events, artists works, and particular manifestations of surrealism provide useful background and detail, thus usefully complementing the annotated essays. Choice The theme of the exhibition is considerably enhanced and refined by its well orchestrated catalogue. -- Roger Cardinal Times Literary Supplement With qualifications, everything in the show possesses surreality--or convulsive beauty--providing we understand how to unlock it. The most helpful thing to understand is that aesthetics was never a central Surrealist preoccupation, so looking for an aesthetic experience here will not get you to first base. -- Arthur C. Danto The Nation
The lavishly illustrated catalogue ... provides additional lenses through which to view the often hypnotic artworks and the affiliated groups of artists that produced them. Eleven essayists dissect desire in all its romantic, sexual, psychoanalytic, literary, and political manifestations. -- Robert Askins, ArtNews [A] gripping album of Surrealist works in all media, from the movement's origins in interwar Europe to its legacy in contemporary art, with special attention to erotic content. Thematic essays offer as much historical sweep and critical penetration as any single book on the subject. -- Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle This well-crafted book comprises a rich lode of 300 illustrations, many not published previously, and 12 essays (by as many contributors) devoted to the many aspects of surrealist desire. Since the notion of desire is central to surrealism, this volume is overdue and most welcome... A variety of presentations and explanations of events, artists works, and particular manifestations of surrealism provide useful background and detail, thus usefully complementing the annotated essays. -- Choice The theme of the exhibition is considerably enhanced and refined by its well orchestrated catalogue. -- Roger Cardinal, Times Literary Supplement With qualifications, everything in the show possesses surreality--or convulsive beauty--providing we understand how to unlock it. The most helpful thing to understand is that aesthetics was never a central Surrealist preoccupation, so looking for an aesthetic experience here will not get you to first base. -- Arthur C. Danto, The Nation
Author Information
Jennifer Mundy is a Curator at the Tate. Dawn Ades is Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. Vincent Gille works at the Pavillon des Arts, Paris.
