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Surrealist Picasso
Art and Visual Culture

Surrealist Picasso

Edited by Anne Baldassari
Published by Fondation Beyeler
Flammarion

ISBN: 2-08-011480-8
EAN: 9782080114808

Publication Date: 25.11.2005
In Stock

Price: 60.00 Euros
Format: 26 x 32 cm / 253 pp.

Featuring paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints created by P. Picasso between 1924 and 1934, this volume explores the artist's relationship with the Surrealist group and his incorporation of surrealist elements into his own supra-realism. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, June 2005.

Table of Contents

Surrealist Picasso, by A. Baldassari, Director of the Picasso Museum

Album

Picasso or the Insurrection of Painting, by A. Baldassari

Under the Sign of Surrealism: The Importance of Drawing in Picasso's Surrealist Oeuvre,
by Ph. Bûtler

Picasso's Writings, by M.-L. Bernadac

The Surrealists Confront Picasso's "Event-Works", by E.-A. Hubert

Surrealist Staging of Picasso: Boxing in the "Genius",
by J. Chénieux-Gendron

Chronology, by A. Baldassari

Bibliography

The Surrealist movement, which emerged in the early 1920s, sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind by juxtaposing irrational imagery with everyday objects. Within this historical context, the relationship between Picasso and the group remains a subject of art-historical inquiry. This volume focuses on the period between 1924 and 1934, documenting how the artist integrated surrealist elements into his own practice, including his use of drawing and his writings.

By examining a range of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints, this volume documents the intersection of Picasso’s aesthetic and the tenets of Surrealism. The volume serves as a record of the exhibition held at the Fondation Beyeler in June 2005. Readers interested in the history of early twentieth-century modernism and the evolution of Picasso’s creative process during this period may find this collection relevant.