The phantom of surrealism: Photography, cultural identity and the reception of surrealism in England
2005; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 29; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03087298.2005.10441367
ISSN2150-7295
Autores Tópico(s)Art, Politics, and Modernism
ResumoAbstract This article discusses the reception of Surrealism in England between 1936 and 1939, when the movement became embroiled in questions of cultural identity and critics such as Herbert Read attempted to assimilate it into the broad tradition of Romanticism. Focusing upon photography, the article considers how Humphrey Jennings, Paul Nash, Eileen Agar, Len Lye, Roland Penrose, Lee Miller and Bill Brandt assimilated Surrealism to their own artistic concerns. In addition, it examines the national inflection assumed by the work of those artists, as, for instance, in the distinctively English form of ‘Seaside Surrealism’.
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