Chicago has for decades years been one of the most prominent cities where European surrealism is avidly collected and displayed. However, there has yet to be a scholarly exhibition and catalogue that addresses the local manifestations of this international mode of art. A Home for Surrealism focuses on a select group of painters whose work in the 1940s and '50s both transformed the domestic and domesticated the surrealist, particularly in Chicago. Working independently, but within a chain of social and artistic relationships, this group explored the interior as a site of projected imagination and fantasy, and the self as the generator of such altered perception. Including contributions by Robert Cozzolino, Adam Jolles, and Joanna Pawlik, the book provides a richly illustrated account of an international movement's unlikely-but somehow ever so fitting-home in America.

Book Information
ISBN 9781891925498
Author Janine Mileaf
Format Hardback
Page Count 136
Imprint Arts Club of Chicago,U.S.
Publisher Arts Club of Chicago,U.S.
Weight(grams) 988g