Surrealism and the Visual Arts by Kim Grant
This 2005 study traces the development of Surrealist theory of visual art and its reception, from the birth of Surrealism to its institutionalization in the mid-1930s. Situating Surrealist art theory in its theoretical and discursive contexts, Kim Grant demonstrates the complex interplay between Surrealism and contemporary art criticism. She examines the challenge to Surrealist art raised by the magazine Cahiers d'Art, which promoted a group of young painters dedicated to a liberated and poetic painting process that was in keeping with the formalist evolution of modern art. Grant also discusses the centrality of visual art in Surrealism as a material manifestation of poetry, the significance of poetry in French theories of modern art, and the difficulties faced by an avant-garde art movement at a time when contemporary audiences had come to expect revolutionary innovation.
"Surrealism and the Visual Arts is an excellently researched companion through this hectic journey" The Art Book, Robert Radford, University of East Anglia
Kim Grant is assistant professor of art history at the University of Southern Maine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521836555 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521836557 |
| Title | Surrealism and the Visual Arts |
| Author | Kim Grant |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2005-02-22 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
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