The Traumatic Surreal
Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War
1st Edition
Published on 5. April 2022
280 pages
978-1-5261-4980-0 (ISBN)
Description
The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the ground-breaking role played by Germanophone women artists working in surrealist traditions in responding to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War. Analysing works in a variety of media by leading artists and writers, the book redefines the post-war trajectories of surrealism and recalibrates critical understandings of the movement's relations to historical trauma. Chapters address artworks, writings and compositions by the Swiss Meret Oppenheim, the German Unica Zuern, the Austrian Birgit Juergenssen, the Luxembourg-Austrian Bady Minck and the Austrian Olga Neuwirth and her collaboration with fellow Austrian Nobel-prize winning novelist Elfriede Jelinek. Locating each artist in their historical context, the book traces the development of the traumatic surreal through the wartime and post-war period. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'...a groundbreaking book that offers new perspectives on female positions and lineages in the history of surrealism.'Woman's Art Journal
'...a welcome addition to recent scholarship on both the women of, and inspired by, Surrealism, and the role of trauma in contemporary art.'
The Burlington Magazine -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
50 colour illustrations
50 colour illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-4980-0 (9781526149800)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Patricia Allmer
The Traumatic Surreal
Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War
Book
03/2024
Manchester University Press
€74.20
Shipment within 15-20 days
Patricia Allmer
The Traumatic Surreal
Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War
Book
04/2022
Manchester University Press
€151.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
Patricia Allmer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh -- .
Content
Introduction
1 Meret Oppenheim's hauntologies
2 Unica Zuern's pathographies
3 Birgit Juergenssen's abjections
4 Bady Minck's tourist imaginaries
5 Olga Neuwirth / Elfriede Jelinek: temporality and trauma
Index -- .
1 Meret Oppenheim's hauntologies
2 Unica Zuern's pathographies
3 Birgit Juergenssen's abjections
4 Bady Minck's tourist imaginaries
5 Olga Neuwirth / Elfriede Jelinek: temporality and trauma
Index -- .
