Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement
Author:   Will Atkin ,  Gavin Parkinson (Courtauld Institute of Art UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350227484


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 September 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Will Atkin ,  Gavin Parkinson (Courtauld Institute of Art UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350227484


ISBN 10:   135022748
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 September 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction List of Figures List of Colour Plates 1. Of Gold, Meteors, Stones and Crystals: Alchemy and the Object in the works of André Breton, Salvador Dalí, and Ithell Colquhoun, 1929-1949 2. Satanic Sorcery: Black Magic, Demons and Vampires in the Objects and Writings of Gherasim Luca, 1939-1945 3. Cosmic Magic: Talismans and Ciphers in the Objects of Victor Brauner, 1940-1946 4. Primordial Myth and Magic in the Writings of André Breton and Benjamin Péret, 1942-1959 5. Ritual Magic in the Masks and Fetishes of Mimi Parent and Jean Benoît, 1959-1976 Conclusion Notes Index

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A work of extreme erudition, Atkins’ book and its transnational framework contributes powerfully to long-standing debates on modernist primitivism and ethnographic forms of Surrealism. Slowly but surely, an underground Surrealism emerges, drawing the reader especially into the catastrophic war years and their aftermath. * George Baker, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, UCLA, USA * Illuminating a compelling archive spanning the 1920s through to the 1970s, and covering a wide range of international sources, this book demonstrates that surrealist art had a significant investment in magical practices as a means of reanimating and redeeming certain aspects of modern existence. * Abigail Susik, author of Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work (2021), and Associate Professor of Art History, Willamette University, USA *


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Will Atkin is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Art History at the University of Nottingham, UK

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