
Marvelous Objects
Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York
Valerie J. Fletcher(Author)
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 5. October 2015
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-3-7913-5465-1 (ISBN)
Description
Surrealist Sculptures 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.
Reviews / Votes
"Inspired by dreams, chance encounters and wild, imaginative puns, surrealism aimed to go 'beyond reason' into a realm of unbridled creativity. Its practitioners made strange objects such as Meret Oppenheim's fur-lined teacup and Salvadore Dali's lobster-handled telephone. The movement's paintings are better known than the fascinating objects found here, but they shouldn't be." --StarTribuneMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 257 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1440 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5465-1 (9783791354651)
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Person
Valerie Fletcher is Senior Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. She has published extensively on modern sculpture and on individual artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Isamu Noguchi, Pablo Picasso, and George Rickey.