
Surrealism: Desire Unbound
Jennifer Mundy(Author)
Tate Publishing
Published on 8. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
322 pages
978-1-85437-365-6 (ISBN)
Description
Desire was one of the defining themes of surrealism. Influenced by the Freudian notion that sexual instincts were fundamental to the development of the psyche, the surrealists saw desire as a path to self-knowledge. Published to accompany the exhibition of international surrealism held at Tate Modern, summer 2001, this title features essays that are intended to provide a wide-ranging exploration of the theme of surrealism and desire. Key works by artists such as Duchamp, Magritte, Ernst, Dali, de Chirico, Giocometti, Bellmer, Claude Cahun, and Dorothea Tanning are illustrated and discussed, as well as surrealist films and books, and photographs by Man Ray, Brassai and others.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
250 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 246 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1880 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85437-365-6 (9781854373656)
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Person
Jennifer Mundy is a Curator at Tate. Dawn Ades is Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex
Content
1 Surrealism: Desire Unbound Jennifer Mundy 2 Unstable Identities Dawn Ades 3 Desire and Psychoanalysis David Lomas 4 Encounters Julia Kelly 5 Poetry of Desire Katharine Conley 6 Lives and Loves Dawn Ades and Jennifer Mundy 7 Love Books Vincent Gille 8 Desire and Photography Hal Foster 9 Filming Desire Dawn Ades 10 The Boundaries of Desire Neil Cox 11 Pornography Carolyn Dean 12 Staging Desire Alyce Mahon 13 Desire and Liberty Annie Le Brun