Surreal things : surrealism and design

Author

Wood, Ghislaine (Editor, Contributor); Lehmann, Ulrich (Contributor); Mundy, Jennifer (Contributor); Fijalkowski, Krzyszrof (Contributor); Mahon, Alyce (Contributor); Blum, Dilys (Contributor); Roque, Georges (Contributor); Duits, Thimo te (Contributor); Martin-Vivier, Pierre-Emmanuel (Contributor); Kusunoki, Sharon-Michi (Contributor); Greenhalgh, Paul; Klar, Alexander

Document type

Catalogue d'exposition

Language

English

Source

Surreal things : surrealism and design. 2007, vii, 362 p., ill. (some col.); bibliogr.; index

ISBN

9781851775002

Publisher

Dist. in North America by H.N. Abrams, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Catalogue includes essays: "Surreal things: making 'the fantastic real'," by Ghislaine Wood; "The uncommon object: surrealist concepts and categories for the material world," by Ulrich Lehmann; "The illusory interior," by Ghislaine Wood; "Nature made strange," by Jennifer Mundy; "The shapes of life: biomorphism and American design," by Ghislaine Wood; "Black materialism: surrealism faces the commercial world," by Krzysztof Fijalkowski; "Displaying the body: surrealism's geography of pleasure," by Alyce Mahon; "Fashion and surrealism," by Dilys Blum; "The surrealist (sub-)version of advertising," by Georges Roque; "Shocking: surrealism and fashion now," by Thimo te Duits; "Jean-Michel Frank: the surrealist interior," by Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier; "Edward James, architect of surrealism," by Sharon-Michi Kusunoki; "Dalí's jewellery," by Ghislaine Wood; "Joan Miró and ceramics," by Paul Greenhalgh; and "Post-war American textiles," by Dilys Blum.

Exhibition

• 29 Mar-22 July 2007 ; Victoria and Albert Museum ; London (GBR) ; United Kingdom
• 29 Sept 2007-6 Jan 2008 ; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen ; Rotterdam (NLD) ; Netherlands
• 3 Mar-7 Sept 2008 ; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ; Bilbao (ESP) ; Spain

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945
• Exhibitions
• Victoria and Albert Museum||London (GBR)
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen||Rotterdam (NLD)
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao||Bilbao (ESP)
• Surrealism
• Design
• Decorative arts
• Interior decoration
• Objects
• Biomorphism
• Advertising
• Fashion
• Costume
• Style
• Commerce
• Consumerism
• Avant-garde
• Paris (FRA)
• Photography
• Architecture
• Frank, Jean-Michel, 1895-1941
• James, Edward Frank Willis, 1907-1984
• Jewelry
• Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
• Textiles
• Miró, Joan, 1893-1983
• Ceramics
• Painting
• Scenography
• Furniture
• Human figure
• Sculpture
• Objets trouvés
• Mannequins
• Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
• Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
• Chirico, Giorgio de, 1888-1978
• Masson, André, 1896-1987
• France
• Germany
• United States
• Spain
• Italy
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945
• Exposition
• Victoria and Albert Museum||London (GBR)
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen||Rotterdam (NLD)
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao||Bilbao (ESP)
• Surréalisme
• Design
• Arts décoratifs
• Décoration intérieure
• Objet
• Biomorphisme
• Publicité
• Mode
• Costume
• Style
• Commerce
• Consommation
• Avant-garde
• Paris (FRA)
• Photographie
• Architecture
• Frank, Jean-Michel, 1895-1941
• James, Edward Frank Willis, 1907-1984
• Bijou
• Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
• Textiles
• Miró, Joan, 1893-1983
• Céramique
• Peinture
• Scénographie
• Mobilier
• Corps humain
• Sculpture
• Objets trouvés
• Mannequin
• Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966
• Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
• Chirico, Giorgio de, 1888-1978
• Masson, André, 1896-1987
• France
• Allemagne
• Etats-Unis
• Espagne
• Italie
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20070701-00398953

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