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Magical realism : imagining natural dis/order = Réalisme magique : imaginer la nature en des/ordre / [editors: Sofia Dati, assisted by Febe Lamiroy ; authors, Karen River Barad, Federico Campagna, Febe Lamiroy, Chris Cyrille-Isaac, Vinciane Despret, Leticia Renaut, Zayaan Khan, Shayma Nader and Susan Schuppli].
Fine Arts Library - New Book Display N6494.M3 M34 2025
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lamiroy, Febe, author, editor.
- Barad, Karen River, author.
- Campagna, Federico, author.
- Cyrille-Isaac, Chris, author.
- Despret, Vinciane, author.
- Renault, Letícia, author.
- Khan, Zayaan, author.
- Nader, Shayma, author.
- Schuppli, Susan, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Magic realism (Art)--Exhibitions.
- Magic realism (Art).
- Realism in art--Exhibitions.
- Realism in art.
- Naturalism in art--Exhibitions.
- Naturalism in art.
- Ecology in art--Exhibitions.
- Ecology in art.
- Art, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Modern.
- Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Distribution:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed outside the Benelux by Yale University Press
- Other Title:
- Magical realism : imagining natural dis order
- Imagining natural dis/order
- Réalisme magique : imaginer la nature en des/ordre
- Imaginer la nature en des/ordre
- Place of Publication:
- Brussels, Belgium : WIELS : Mercatorfonds, [2025]
- Language Note:
- Texts in English and French.
- Summary:
- "Magical Realism explores the convergence of artistic expressions with scientific and cosmogonic narratives, blending myths, theories, and cosmologies that track the histories of the universe, its organisms, and its elements. For centuries, Western philosophy has prioritised Reason over embodied knowledge, positioning Man as the dominant force over Nature, which was revered as sublime and exploited for capitalist growth. In an era where the limits of natural resources are undeniable, this worldview is now facing its limits. Magical Realism challenges the nature-culture divide, offering new collaborations between scientific observation and mythical storytelling. It examines how these realms can intertwine to reveal fresh insights, from the microscopic to the technological, while questioning extractivist and productivist ideologies. As an extension of the threads running through the art exhibition, the book brings together existing and newly commissioned works of art and texts by leading contemporary thinkers who navigate the intersection of poetics, ecology, science, and the humanities. Following The Absent Museum (2017) and Risquons-Tout (2020), Magical Realism is the third in a series of ambitious large-scale exhibitions in which WIELS engages with specific patterns within contemporary artistic practice, underscoring the necessity for transformation, on an aesthetic level as well as within wider economic, ecological, social, and political shifts." -- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of an exhibition at WIELS, Brussels, May 29-September 28, 2025.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780300285314
- 0300285310
- 9789462303980
- 9462303983
- OCLC:
- 1535171602
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000271728
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