基本説明
This is the first comprehensive study of the achievements of British Surrealists in all fields, whether poetical, artistic or political.
Full Description
Since the rediscovery of British Surrealism at the Children of Alice exhibition at Marcel Fleiss's Galerie 1900-2000 in Paris in 1982, there has been a major revival of interest in Surrealism outside France. Surrealism in Britain is the first comprehensive study of the British Surrealist movement and its achievements.
Lavishly illustrated, the book provides a year-by-year narrative of the development of Surrealism among artists, writers, critics and theorists in Britain, from the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London right through to the present day.
Michel Remy has conducted personal interviews with many of the artists involved and the book includes an examination of the work of, among others, Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Eileen Agar, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, David Gascoyne, Grace Pailthorpe and Reuben Mednikoff, Roland Penrose, F. E. McWilliam, Conroy Maddox, Emmy Bridgwater, Edith Rimmington, Desmond Morris, Lee Miller, Julian Trevelyan and John Tunnard. Poetry, prose, painting, sculpture, photography and artists' texts all have their place in this fascinating and attractive book.
Contents
Exits and entrances; The entry of the mediums: the establishment of Surrealism in Britain 1932-6; Communicating vessels: formation and growth, 1936-7; Spirit levels, level spirits: the years of definition, 1938-40; The eye of the hurricane: the war years 1940-45; Watchman, what of the night?: the Free Unions years 1945-51; Postscript: the search for a fading prospect; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
