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Marvelous objects, surrealist sculpture from Paris to New York, Valerie J. Fletcher

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Marvelous objects, surrealist sculpture from Paris to New York, Valerie J. Fletcher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Marvelous objects

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

920539824

Responsibility statement

Valerie J. Fletcher

Sub title

surrealist sculpture from Paris to New York

Summary

This book delineates a dialogue between the two dominant modes of sculpture that evolved in tandem within the surrealist movement - found-object assemblages and nature-inspired biomorphism. The book offers a continuous narrative of contributions by both European and American surrealist artists from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. Artists from France, Germany, Britain, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States established Surrealism as transnational from the outset. Key artists who incorporated found objects in their works include Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Hans Bellmer, and Joseph Cornell. The biomorphists encompass Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Isamu Noguchi. In addition, Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder and David Smith, are highlighted for their game-changing innovations that influenced the evolution of modern sculpture. Nearly two hundred illustrations and a selection of historical texts accompany the insightful essay and chronology by Valerie J. Fletcher. Fans of Surrealism and those new to the genre will appreciate this book's in-depth approach to its innovative and influential three-dimensional masterpieces.--From publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Surrealist sculpture -- The Surrealist quest -- Formation in Paris, 1919-24 -- Period of experimentation, 1924-29 -- Objects: the real as unreal -- Biomorphism goes international -- Women as objects and exhibitions as environments -- New life in the New World -- Dream world in a box -- Landscapes of the mind -- Industrial-strength Surrealism -- Epilogue -- 2. Historical texts -- Poems by Jean Arp -- André Breton, "Manifesto of Surrealism" -- René Magritte, "Words and images" -- Salvador Dalí, "The object as revealed in Surrealist experiment" -- The abridged dictionary of Surrealism -- Poems by David Smith -- 3. Chronology -- 4. Exhibition checklist

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Surrealist sculpture from Paris to New York

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