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001 2011028466
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008 110707s2012 nyu c 000 0 eng
010 $a 2011028466
020 $a9783791351414 (hardback)
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050 00 $aN6555.5.S8$bI5 2012
082 00 $a709.04/063$223
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245 00 $aIn wonderland :$bthe surrealist adventures of women artists in Mexico and the United States /$cedited by Ilene Susan Fort, Tere Arcq with contributions by Dawn Ades ... [et al.].
260 $aNew York :$bPrestel Pub.,$c2012.
300 $a254 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c31 cm.
500 $aIssued in connection with an exhibition held Jan. 29-May 6, 2012, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
520 $a"Filled with a wide array of illustrations, this book offers a fresh perspective on surrealism as it spotlights the important role that North American women artists played in the movement. The surrealist movement in art is most often identified with male artists, many of whom objectified women in their paintings, casting them as sexual or symbolic ideals. Conversely, the female artists of the movement delved primarily into their own subconscious and dreams. This volume features the work of 48 Mexican and U.S.-based women artists whose contributions to the surrealist movement span more than four decades and whose work was both influential and radical in its own right. Thematically arranged, it includes more than 250 full-color images along with several essays exploring the effects of geography and gender on the movement. This unique book illustrates surrealism as a gateway to self-discovery, especially in North America, where women artists were freed from oppressive European traditions and the vagaries of war. From 1931, the year of Lee Miller's first surreal photograph, to 1968, when Yayoi Kusama presented her landmark happening "Alice in Wonderland" in New York's Central Park, the artists and works depicted here are both significant and extraordinary in their explorations of personal and universal truths"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSurrealism$zMexico$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aSurrealism$zUnited States$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aArt, Mexican$y20th century$xThemes, motives$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aArt, American$y20th century$xThemes, motives$vExhibitions.
650 7 $aART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aFort, Ilene Susan.
700 1 $aArcq, Teresa.
700 1 $aAdes, Dawn.