Hans Bellmer
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Hans Bellmer
Hatje Cantz, c2006
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Catalogue of the exhibition held at Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Jun. 29-Aug. 27, 2006 and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Sep. 20-Nov. 19, 2006
"Exhibition organized by Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Curators: Agnès de la Beaumelle and Alain Sayag" -- T.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276)
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The Surrealists' fascination with dolls and machines that resembled humans is especially evident in the work of Hans Bellmer (1902-1975), the subject of this comprehensive monograph. Rejecting the Nazis' Aryan ideals, the artist spent the years after 1933 creating disturbing dolls out of wax, wood, flax, plaster and glue--equipped with wigs and glass eyes. Photographs of these fetishistic simulacra were published in Minotaure, the Surrealists' magazine, and eagerly supported by members of Andre Breton's circle. After immigrating to Paris, Bellmer continued to develop his erotic obsessions through his art, now influenced by the writings of the Marquis de Sade and Georges Bataille, and began to collaborate with his companion, the German artist Unica Zurn. Deeply involved in Freudian discourse, his drawings, lithographs and photographs investigate psychoanalytic theories around hysteria and transference and reveal a singular exploration into the relationship between language and the body.
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