Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honore Sharrer

Language: English

Published by Columbus Museum of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Yale University Press, Columbus, Philadelphia, and New Haven, 2017

0300223137 / 9780300223132

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Cloth, 175 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "This book offers the first critical reassessment of an artist whose mature oeuvre constitutes a rich and often disquieting critique that is equal parts wit, seduction, and bite. Honore Sharrer (1920-2009) was a major figure in the years surrounding World War II, though her commitment to leftist ideals and an alternate trajectory of surrealism put her at increasing odds with the political and artistic climate of the time." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction, by Adam Desmond Zagorin; From May Queen to Workers and Paintings: Honore Sharrer's early trajectory, by Michael Lobel; Plucking and poking: Honore Sharrer and the art of mockery, by Sarah Burns; Vicious, tender, meticulous: Honore Sharrer's "communist" surrealism in the post-war era, by M. Melissa Wolfe; "Certainly not casting stones": Honore Sharrer's religious imagery, by Robert Cozzolino; Plates; Chronology, by Anastasia Kinigopoulo. Size: 4to.…

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Title
Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honore Sharrer
Author
Sharrer, Honore; Wolfe, M. Melissa (Edited by), and Burns, Sarah, et al. (Essays by)
Publisher
Columbus Museum of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Yale University Press, Columbus, Philadelphia, and New Haven
Publication year
2017
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NEW
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Book Type
Collectible
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Hardcover
Language
English
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0300223137
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9780300223132
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1st.
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