Description
Offers summative coverage of the history of magical practices within the international Surrealist Movement, spanning from its inception in 1924 to the 21st century.
About the Author
Will Atkin is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Art History at the University of Nottingham, UK
Reviews
A work of extreme erudition, Atkin's book and its transnational framework contributes powerfully to long-standing debates on modernist primitivism and ethnographic forms of Surrealism. Slowly but surely, an underground Surrealism emerges, drawing the reader especially into the catastrophic war years and their aftermath. * George Baker, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, UCLA, USA *
Illuminating a compelling archive spanning the 1920s through to the 1970s, and covering a wide range of international sources, this book demonstrates that surrealist art had a significant investment in magical practices as a means of reanimating and redeeming certain aspects of modern existence. * Abigail Susik, author of Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work (2021), and Associate Professor of Art History, Willamette University, USA *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350227484
Author Will Atkin
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC