Surrealism and magic : enchanted modernity / exhibiton and catalog by Gražina Subelytė and Daniel Zamani
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TextPublisher: Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2022]Description: 272 pages: illustrations; 31 cmISBN: - 9783791378145
- Enchanted modernity
- 700.904 SUB 23
- NX456.5.S8 S83 2022
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 700.904 SUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100609701 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This beautifully illustrated new volume on the Surrealist movement uncovers the influence magic, myth and the occult had on its development.
Like no other 20th-century movement, Surrealism was keenly inspired by tropes of magic, myth and the occult. In their engagement with the irrational and the unconscious, numerous of its members looked to magic as a poetic and deeply philosophical discourse, related to both arcane knowledge and individual self-empowerment. In their works, they heavily drew on esoteric symbols and cultivated the image of the artist as a magician, visionary, and alchemist. This catalog explores the myriad ways, in which magic and the occult informed the development of the Surrealist movement in international perspective, from the "metaphysical paintings" of Giorgio de Chirico through to works of the post-war period. Lavishly illustrated, it combines longer research essays with focused chapter introductions, all penned by leading scholars in the field. Amongst the many fascinating artists included in the volume are Victor Brauner, Leonora Carrington, Paul Delvaux, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, René Magritte, Roberto Matta, Kay Sage, Kurt Seligmann, Dorothea Tanning, Yves Tanguy, and Remedios Varo.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, from April 9-September 26, 2022; and Museum Barberini, Potsdam, October 22, 2022-January 29, 2023
"The exhibition Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity (October 22, 2022 - January 29, 2023) is the first large-scale international loan exhibition to focus on the Surrealists' interest in magic and myth. With his Manifesto of Surrealism, published in October 1924, the French writer André Breton founded a literary and artistic movement that soon became the leading international avant-garde. At the center of the Surrealist enterprise lay a reorientation towards the world of the night-dream, the unconscious and the irrational. Numerous artists, who moved in the intellectual orbit of the movement, also immersed themselves in the imaginative world of magic. In their works, they frequently drew on occult symbolism and cultivated the traditional image of the artist's persona as a magician, seer, and alchemist. The exhibition Surrealism and Magic. Enchanted Modernity is the first large-scale international loan exhibition to focus on the Surrealists' interest in magic, myth, and the occult. Chronologically, it ranges from the "metaphysical painting" of Giorgio de Chirico around 1915, through Max Ernst's iconic painting Attirement of the Bride (1940), to the occult imagery that underpinned the late works of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. Victor Brauner: The Surrealist, 1947, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. Victor Brauner: The Surrealist, 1947, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Overall, the show includes some 90 works by more than 20 artists, among them Victor Brauner, Leonora Carrington, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Paul Delvaux, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Roberto Matta, Roland Penrose, Kay Sage, Kurt Seligmann, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, and Remedios Varo. Among the more than 40 international lenders are the Art Institute of Chicago, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Menil Collection in Houston, the Galleria Nazionale in Rome, the Museo nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels as well as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. An exhibition of the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, curated by Daniel Zamani (Potsdam) and Grazina Subelyte (Venice). In Venice, the exhibition will be on view from April 9 to September 26, 2022. The exhibition will be accompanied by 240-page catalog (Prestel, 2022), featuring essays by Susan Aberth, Will Atkin, Victoria Ferentinou, Alyce Mahon, Kristoffer Noheden, Gavin Parkinson, Grazina Subelyte, and Daniel Zamani." -- Museum Barberini website
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-267)