Forbidden territories : 100 years of surreal landscape
2024
Book
Published to mark the centenary of Surrealism, this publication offers a new perspective on one of the most famous art movements with pioneering new research on its links with ecology and with politics. The development of Surrealism in the 1920s and 30s coincided with that of important new research and knowledge in the sciences, notably in biology. Forbidden Territories explores the unexamined interplay between Surrealism and life science, including the mutual influence of Sigmund Freud, illuminating how Surrealist strategies draw the eye to the astonishing aspects of scientific data and knowledge of the landscape, in ways that are prescient, even revelatory, in the present. The book further looks at the role of international conflict within Surreal landscapes and how these terrains became a vehicle for political statements and dissent. Finally, it expands on the Surrealist mythologization of the unconscious as a great ocean 'where the sharks of madness cruise', analysing the 'ecology of the mind', examining links between bodies of water and psycho-surreal worlds in poetry, paintings and photographs from the unique perspective of female Surrealist artists. Spanning the movement, this survey includes works by Eileen Agar, Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dal̕, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Lee Miller and Yves Tanguy as well as interventions by contemporary artists working within the lasting legacy of Surrealism, such as Maria Berrio and Michael Dean.
Main title:
Forbidden territories : 100 years of surreal landscape / edited by Eleanor Clayton ; essays by Patricia Allmer, Eleanor Clayton, Anna Reid & Tor Scott ; additional short texts by André Breton [and four others].
Author:
Clayton, Eleanor, editor, author of essaysAllmer, Patricia, author of essaysReid, Anna, author of essaysScott, Tor, author of essaysBreton, André, contributorHepworth Wakefield (Gallery), host institution
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson, 2024.©2024
Collation:
206 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
"With 100 illustrations" -- title page.Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Forbidden Territories: 100 years of Surreal Landscapes' at the Hepworth Wakefield, 21 November 2024 - 27 April 2025, The Box, Plymouth, 23 May - 7 September 2025 and Museum Arnhem, 3 October 2025 - 1 February 2026.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1. Dazzling Worlds: Surreal Landscapes and Forbidden Territories2. The Green Child: Herbert Read & Landscape Surrealism3. Surrealist Visions of the Desert4. The Vast Water Brain: On Femininity, Queerness & Violence in Psycho-Surreal Bodies of Water5. Artists' Texts - (Soluble Fish / Andre Breton) - (The Fishermen / Mary Wykeham) - (Untitled - Mary Wykeham) - (A Tantrum Carved from Stone / Helen Marten) - (The Land of the Sun / Maria Berrio) - (Interlude / Ro Robertson) - (Interlude II / Ro Robertson)
ISBN:
9780500028032 (hardback)
Dewey class:
709.04063
LC class:
N6494.S8
Language:
English
BRN:
479353