Symbolism, Dada, Surrealisms : Selected Writing of Mary Ann Caws / Mary Ann Caws.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caws, Mary Ann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dadaism.

Surrealism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books Ltd, [2024]

Summary:

This collection of essays by Mary Ann Caws explores the artistic movements of Symbolism, Dada, and Surrealism, examining their impact and evolution into the present day. Caws delves into the subjective and objective nature of visual and textual objects, focusing on the role of the observer in interpreting art. The book highlights the flexibility and inventive potential of the female imagination in these movements, showcasing how contemporary art and writing can expand our understanding of past artistic impulses. Caws also discusses the ambivalence and ambiguity that characterized Dada and Surrealism, emphasizing the ongoing relevance of these traits in modern art. The book is intended for readers interested in art history, literary criticism, and gender studies. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Prelude

Object Lessons and Talismans

Objecting with Dada

Exquisite Essentials and the Cadavre Exquis

Beholding Nothing in Mallarmé

Mallarmé and Duchamp: Mirror, Stair, and Gaming Table

Poetics of the Poem-Object and Talisman: Mallarmé, Cornell, Dickinson, and Breton

Casting a Talismanic Spell with Raymond Roussel, Méret Oppenheim, Antonin Artaud, Victor Brauner, and Gherasim Luca

Dorothea Tanning: The Poetry of Door 84

Elspeth Halvorsen: An Intimate Cosmos

Imaginations and Scandals

Voice and Voyage with Robert Desnos

Snail Time: Duchamp, Mina Loy, Pablo Echaurren, Arakawa Gins, Thom Gunn

How to House the Surrealist Imagination?

André Masson: A Mythology of Desire

Cornell and Duchamp: Bubbles and Brightness in Surrealism

Photography, Poetry, and Painting

Dora Maar: Photographer-Painter-Poet, and a Certain Baroque

Ladies Shot and Painted: Female Embodiment in Surrealist Art

These Photographing Women: The Scandal of Genius

An Erotics of Representation: Fashioning the Icon with Man Ray

Kay Sage: Rather Extraordinary All Around

Personalities and Presentations

Malcolm de Chazal, Visionary

Alice (Paalen) Rahon: A Surrealist Multiple and Mysterious

Wilhelm Freddie: Againstness Wins Out

Re-Cognizing Hedda Sterne: The Last of the Irascibles

Jacqueline Lamba, Aube Elléouët-Breton, and Ondine: Art and Letters

Unica Zürn: Beyond Bizarre

Joyce Mansour in Double Time

Gathering: Some Women Poets, Performers, and Painters

Encounter with "Surrealism Beyond Borders"

Endnotes

Notes on Sources

Acknowledgments

Photo Acknowledgments.

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ISBN:

9781789149029

1789149029

OCLC:

1429742714