Surrealism: Desire Unbound
by Vincent Gille
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Author: Vincent GilleEditor: Jennifer Mundy
Editor: Dawn Ades
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-02-28
ISBN: 0691123365
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Book Review: Cutting-edge catalogue to a landmark exhibition
Summary: 5 Stars
This stylish catalogue to the exhibition at Tate Modern in London contains new essays by some of the best scholars around. The theme, as the title states, is that of desire and its liberation - pretty much the central tenet of the surrealist movement. Jennifer Mundy provides an overview of the subject, while David Lomas imparts his characteristic clarity of thought and exposition to the vexed question of surrealism and psychoanalysis. Julia Kelly makes an impressive debut on 'The touch in surrealism', while Neil Cox showcases his new work on the surrealists and the Marquis de Sade, with reference to Freud, Georges Bataille and Michel Leiris. Hans Bellmer's and Andr? Masson's extraordinary illustrations to Sade and Bataille's 'Histoire de l'Oeil' are included; Carolyn J. Dean contextualises these and other sexually explicit surrealist images in terms of the history of pronography. French expert Vincent Gilles further discusses surrealist books and their erotic illustrations, as well as the tangled love affairs of the group, while the 'Grande Dame' of British surrealist studies, Dawn Ades, engages the issue of surrealism and gender. Another big name, Hal Foster, extends with his usual verve the debate on surrealist photography and fetishism begun by Rosalind Krauss's seminal 'L'Amour Fou' (1985). The book is profusely and lusciously illustrated not only with classic masterworks (such as Marcel Duchamp's moustachioed Mona Lisa, 'L.H.O.O.Q.'; Meret Oppenheim's furry teacup and saucer, 'Object (Le Dejeuner en fourrure)'; Bellmer's sadistic 'Poup?es'; plus works by De Chirico, Ernst, Masson, Man Ray, Miro, Picasso, Giacometti, Dali, Kahlo, Tanning et al.), but also with less well-known objects and pictures: Claude Cahun's gender-bending photographic self-portraits, Joseph Cornell's obsessional boxes, and personal relics from the collections of Andr? Breton and Robert Desnos stand out. Eileen Boxer's excellent layout blends the catalogue seamlessly with the essays, and images are often accompanied by pertinent commentary-boxes. All in all, a most desirable volume, for specialist and interested amateur alike.
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