Yves Tanguy and Surrealism

by Susan Davidson, Gordon Onslow Ford, Konrad Klapheck

Ur-Surrealist Yves Tanguy belonged to the inner circle of the 1920s Parisian avant-garde, alongside such figures as Salvador Dal', Max Ernst, and Alberto Giacometti, making essential contributions to Surrealist manifestoes, magazines, and exhibitions. Tanguy's artistic obsession was the world of imagination, of dreams and reveries, and his cryptically codified imagery continues to perplex audiences today. His paintings seem to exist in a hazy, oddly beautiful limbo dimension beyond time and space, a world at once vertiginous and calm, disturbing and breathtaking. The central focus of Yves Tanguy and Surrealism is the Surrealist mode, to which Tanguy dedicated himself like no other painter of his time, cementing the movement's place in the history of visual art. On the basis of previously unpublished documents and works, authors discuss Tanguy's otherworldly oeuvre in all its aspects--from his development as an artist to the reception of his work in the United States. With stunning reproductions in full color as well as black and white, Yves Tanguy and Surrealism is an extensive overview of the work of an artist whose forays into the creative unknown continue to resonate.

Genres: Art

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Noah · Rating 3 out of 5]

In einer enormen Fleißarbeit versuchen die Autorinnen sich dem Werk Tanguys mit Detailbeschreibung einer Unzahl von Werken zu nähern. Das gelingt nicht, was vom Surrealisten wohl als großes Kompliment verstanden werden dürfte. Einzig ein großartiger Aufsatz des jüngeren Surrealisten Gordon Onslow Ford nähert sich wirklich der Gedankenwelt Tanguys.