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Andrea Kettenmann, Gilles Néret, Janis Mink, Marcel Paquet, Ulrich Bischoff - Art for All, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2027

Art for All

Surrealists

Av Andrea Kettenmann, Gilles Néret, Janis Mink, Marcel Paquet, Ulrich Bischoff

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Surrealism freed art from the grip of logic. Turning instead to dreams, desire, memory, and the volatile realm of the subconscious, these five modern masters pursued the impulse of Surrealism along radically individual paths, each one arriving at a distinct creative destination.Max Ernst was the movement’s great experimentalist. Embracing chance, collage, and invention, he pioneered new methods of image-making in which accident and intuition were his trusted collaborators. Joan Miró developed a language of dancing symbols and radiant color, filling his canvases with poetic constellations that are both playful and cosmically charged. René Magritte’s cool, cerebral wit shifted the focus to perception itself. He reveled in visual paradoxes and deadpan humor, questioning the dynamics between image, language, and reality. Salvador Dalí was infamous for his theatrical flair and virtuosic precision. His images, rendered with almost scientific clarity, turned the irrational into something uncannily tangible. Frida Kahlo was often placed at Surrealism’s margins and resisted the label herself. Her fiercely personal works fused physical pain, Mexican identity, folklore, and autobiography, juxtaposing reality and fantasy in images of raw emotional force.Surrealism was never a single doctrine but a shared impulse: to ignite the imagination and dismantle the familiar. Bringing landmark works from five canonical artists together with incisive commentaries, this is both the perfect primer and a rewarding deep dive into art’s dream state, where fantasy, intellect, and emotion collide.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2027-01-15
  • Mått: 170 x 240 x undefined mm
  • Vikt: 1 552 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 504
  • Förlag: Taschen GmbH
  • ISBN: 9783754401538
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Andrea Kettenmann studied art history in Göttingen and Hamburg before joining the art history department of the University of Hamburg. She has published widely on Frida Kahlo and has contributed to numerous exhibitions and catalogues. She works as a freelance art historian in Mexico City, where she has lived for many years.Gilles Néret (1933–2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU Museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He directed art reviews such as L'Œil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Élie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. His TASCHEN titles include Salvador Dalí: The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.Janis Mink studied art history at Smith College and the University of Hamburg. She works as an adjunct professor, writer, and curator.Marcel Paquet (1947–2014) obtained his doctorate in 1978 from the Free University of Brussels with a thesis entitled La différence des penseés de Kant et de Hegel dans la question de l’essence de l’art. He published a number of books on such subjects as Paul Delvaux, Fernando Botero, and Hans Bellmer.Ulrich Bischoff is an art historian and writer. From 1994 to 2013, he worked as director of the Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. He has published extensively in the areas of classical modernity and contemporary art.

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