Futures of Surrealism
Myth, Science Fiction, and Fantastic Art in France, 1936-1969
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Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780300209716
- ISBN-100300209711
- Library of Congress Control Number2014037705
- OCLC Control Number891001735
- Better World Books9780300209716
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28557978M
Classifications
- LCCNX456.5.S8P37 2015
- LCCNX456.5.S8 P37 2015
Description
Although Surrealism is usually associated with the 1920s and 1930s, it remained a vital force in Paris throughout the postwar period. This important book offers the first detailed account in English of the trajectory of the French Surrealists in the 1950s and 1960s, giving particular emphasis to the significance of myth for the group in its reception of science fiction and its engagement with fantastic art. Offering new readings of the art and writings of the later generation of Surrealists, Gavin Parkinson demonstrates how they were connected to the larger cultural and political debates of the time. Whereas earlier Surrealist art and writing drew on psychoanalytic practices, younger Surrealists engaged with contemporary issues, ideas, and themes of the period of the Cold War and Algerian War (1954-62), such as parapsychology, space travel, fantastic art, increasing consumerism in Europe, emerging avant-gardes such as Nouveau Realisme, and the rise of the whole genre of conspiracy theory, from Nazi occultism to flying saucers. Futures of Surrealism offers a unique perspective on this brave new world.
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