Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous
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"'The marvellous is always beautiful, ' reads a sign on the wall of the Scottish National Museum of Modern Art. This stirring slogan, by Andre Breton, from his Manifesto of Surrealism, sets the tone for this fascinating, mind expanding exhibition." - BBC Arts "Outstanding... The finest spread of surrealist art - paintings and objects - to be seen in Britain since the momentous Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design show at the V&A in 2007." - Sunday Times This book brings together over 160 of the finest surrealist artworks by legendary artists including Salvador Dal , Max Ernst, Ren Magritte, Joan Mir and Man Ray. The works hail from the four renowned and extraordinary private collections of Edward James, Roland Penrose, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch, and together offer a superb overview of surrealist art. Ten essays explore the different origins, historical contexts and creative urges behind these collections. Artworks, perhaps more than anything else that one can acquire, are objects of desire and surrealist artworks even more so. The sheer quality of the works acquired (and, in the case of the Pietzsches, still being acquired) is astonishing and, while passionate about their private visions, all the collectors have been mindful of contributing something to the public good. The collections complement each other to an extraordinary degree and allow us to follow some of the artists' careers from beginning to end. By uniting them, exciting new juxtapositions emerge along with a fuller and richer picture of the surrealist movement as a whole.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:190627097X
ISBN13:9781906270971
Release Date:August 2016
Publisher:National Galleries of Scotland
Length:240 Pages
Weight:3.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 9.6" x 11.8"
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