AcompletelynewwayoflookingatandunderstandingSurrealism,withafocusontheworldwidesweepofthemovement“Thevarietyofdiscoveries,detailedwithexceptionalscholarshipinaravishingkeeperofacatalogue,defeatgeneralization.“--PeterSchjeldahl,NewYorkerThisgroundbreakingbookchallengesconventionalnarrativesofSurrealism,tracingitsimpactandlegacyfromthe1920stothelate1970sinplacesasdiverseasColombia,Czechoslovakia,Egypt,Japan,Mexico,thePhilippines,Romania,Syria,Thailand,andTurkey.Indoingso,itpresentsamoreinclusiveandaccurateunderstandingofthefundamentallyinternationalcharacterandlastingsignificanceoftherevolutionaryartistic,literary,andphilosophicalmovement.Vibrantlyillustratedwithmorethan300worksofartbybothwell-knownfigures--includingDal穩,Ernst,Kahlo,Magritte,andMir籀--andnumerousunderrepresentedartists,thisexpansivebookpushesbeyondthebordersofhistory,geography,andnationalitytoprovocativelyredrawthemapoftheSurrealistmovement,investigatinghowitsvisuallanguages,ideals,theories,andpracticeswereframedorreframedincontextsfarfromitsParisianorigins.Contributionsfrommorethan40distinguishedinternationalscholarsexplorethemessuchasthechannelsusedtotransmitideas;artists’responsestothechallengesofpoliticaloppression,socialunrest,andtheeffectsofcolonialism;andexperiencesofdisplacementandexileinthetwentiethcentury.PublishedbyTheMetropolitanMuseumofArt/DistributedbyYaleUniversityPressExhibitionSchedule:TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYork(October4,2021-January30,2022)TateModern,London(February25-August29,2022)
