Surrealism USA

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Surrealism USA

Isabelle Dervaux ; with contributions by Michael Duncan ... [et al.]

National Academy Museum , Hatje Cantz, c2004

  • : hbk
  • : trade

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Catalogue of an exhibition at the National Academy Museum, New York, Feb. 17-May 8, 2005 and at the Phoenix Art Museum, June 5-Sept. 25, 2005

Exhibition checklist: p. 186-189

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-191)

Contents of Works

  • Salvador Dali in America: the rise and fall of an arch-surrealist / Robert S. Lubar
  • Surrealism as a weapon / Gerrit L. Lansing
  • American surrealism outside of New York: membership open / Michael Duncan
  • A tale of two earrings: surrealism and abstraction, 1930-1947 / Isabelle Dervaux
  • Surrealism and abstract expressionism: from psychic to plastic automatism / Robert Hobbs
  • Returns of the repressed: the legacy of surrealism in American art / Scott Rothkopf

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This volume traces the Surrealist movement in The United States between the years of 1930 to the 1950's. Its manifestations throughout the country, from Social Realism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginnings of abstract Expressionism are examined.

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