Alice in Wonderland : through the visual arts / edited by Gavin Delahunty and Christoph Benjamin Schulz ; with assistance from Eleanor Clayton.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Tate Publishing, 2011.Description: 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:

1854379917
9781854379917

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DDC classification:

704.9498 DEL

Contents:

Down the rabbit hole and into the museum: Alice and the visual arts / Christoph Benjamin Schulz -- Lewis Carroll and the Victorian art world / Edward Wakeling -- The universal dream child / Alberto Manguel -- Between eating and loving an \'Alicious\' annotated fairy tale / Carol Mavor -- Time\'s manifolds: the Alice books / Gillian Beer.

Summary: Lewis Carroll\'s timeless novels, Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication over 150 years ago. Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition of its kind to explore how Lewis Carroll\'s stories have influenced the visual arts, inspiring generations of artists. The exhibition will provide insight into the creation of the novels and the inspiration they have provided for artists through the decades. The starting point for the exhibition is Carroll\'s original manuscript, written in 1864 as a present for ten year old Alice Liddell. Carroll\'s own illustrations ensured that images were central to the story, creating a visual world which took on a life of its own. Alice in Wonderland will offer visitors a rare opportunity to view Carroll\'s own drawings and photographs, alongside Victorian Alice memorabilia and John Tenniel\'s preliminary drawings for the first edition of the novel. Carroll\'s stories were soon adopted by other artists. Surrealist artists from the 1930s onwards were drawn towards the fantastical world of Wonderland where natural laws were suspended. From the 1960s through the 1970s, Carroll\'s Alice tales also prompted conceptual artists to explore language and its relationship to perception, and the stories inspired further responses in Pop and Psychedelic art. Expect to see works by artists ranging from Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, to Peter Blake and Yayoi Kusama. Alice in Wonderland will also showcase an exciting selection of contemporary art, demonstrating the continuing artistic relevance of Carroll\'s novels. Works by Anna Gaskell, Annelies Strba and Torsten Lauschmann will all appear, exploring ideas such as the journey from childhood to adulthood; language, meaning and nonsense; scale and perspective; and perception and reality.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	704.9498 DEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100464164

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The stories that Lewis Carroll based around the character of Alice have proved among the most enduring literary creations of all time. This book examines a range of the art that has been inspired by the Alice stories, including Lewis Carroll's illustrations, Tenniel's iconic characterisations, Victorian games based on Alice, and more.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Tate Liverpool, 4 Nov. 2011-25 Jan. 2012; Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 25 Feb.-3 June 2012; and Hamburger Kunsthalle, 20 June-30 Sept. 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Lewis Carroll\'s timeless novels, Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication over 150 years ago. Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition of its kind to explore how Lewis Carroll\'s stories have influenced the visual arts, inspiring generations of artists. The exhibition will provide insight into the creation of the novels and the inspiration they have provided for artists through the decades. The starting point for the exhibition is Carroll\'s original manuscript, written in 1864 as a present for ten year old Alice Liddell. Carroll\'s own illustrations ensured that images were central to the story, creating a visual world which took on a life of its own. Alice in Wonderland will offer visitors a rare opportunity to view Carroll\'s own drawings and photographs, alongside Victorian Alice memorabilia and John Tenniel\'s preliminary drawings for the first edition of the novel. Carroll\'s stories were soon adopted by other artists. Surrealist artists from the 1930s onwards were drawn towards the fantastical world of Wonderland where natural laws were suspended. From the 1960s through the 1970s, Carroll\'s Alice tales also prompted conceptual artists to explore language and its relationship to perception, and the stories inspired further responses in Pop and Psychedelic art. Expect to see works by artists ranging from Salvador Dalí and René Magritte, to Peter Blake and Yayoi Kusama. Alice in Wonderland will also showcase an exciting selection of contemporary art, demonstrating the continuing artistic relevance of Carroll\'s novels. Works by Anna Gaskell, Annelies Strba and Torsten Lauschmann will all appear, exploring ideas such as the journey from childhood to adulthood; language, meaning and nonsense; scale and perspective; and perception and reality.