Surrealism at Play

by Susan Laxton

Book Overview

In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of Surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-World War I world increasingly dominated by technology and functionalism. Whether through exquisite-corpse drawings, Man Ray's rayographs, or Joan Mir 's visual puns, Surrealists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478001968
• ISBN13: 9781478001966
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.2"