Surreal encounters : collecting the marvellous : works from the collections of Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch
2016
Books, Manuscripts
Ten essays explore the different origins, historical contexts and creative urges behind these collections. Artworks, perhaps more than anything else that one can acquire, are objects of desire and surrealist artworks even more so. The sheer quality of the works acquired (and, in the case of the Pietzsches, still being acquired) is astonishing and, while passionate about their private visions, all the collectors have been mindful of contributing something to the public good. The collections complement each other to an extraordinary degree and allow us to follow some of the artists' careers from beginning to end. By uniting them, exciting new juxtapositions emerge along with a fuller and richer picture of the surrealist movement as a whole.
Main title:
Surreal encounters : collecting the marvellous : works from the collections of Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch / edited by Annabelle Gorgen, Keith Hartley and Saskia van Kampen-Prein ; with contributions from Dawn Ades [and five others].
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland in association with Hamburger, [2016]Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland in association with Hamburger Kunsthalle and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, [2016]
Collation:
264 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 30 cm
Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 4th June-11th September 2016; Surreale Begegnungen held at Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 7th October 2016-22nd January 2017; Mad about surrealism held at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 11th February-28th May 2017.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781906270971 (pbk)
Dewey class:
759.0663
Language:
English
BRN:
1624664