
Jindrich Heisler
Surrealism under Pressure, 1938-1953
Yale University Press
Published on 24. April 2012
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-300-17969-9 (ISBN)
Description
Czech poet and photographer Jindrich Heisler (1914-1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career-Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight-he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41).
This gorgeously illustrated volume-with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces-introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, the illustrator Toyen, and other major figures of the Surrealist movement.
Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition Schedule:
The Art Institute of Chicago03/31/12-07/01/12
This gorgeously illustrated volume-with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces-introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, the illustrator Toyen, and other major figures of the Surrealist movement.
Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition Schedule:
The Art Institute of Chicago03/31/12-07/01/12
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
109 color + 7 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-17969-9 (9780300179699)
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Persons
Matthew S. Witkovsky is chair and Ellen and Richard Sandor Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the editor of Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life (Yale). Jindrich Toman is a professor of Slavic linguistics and Czech culture at the University of Michigan, and a nephew of Jindrich Heisler.