The Traumatic Surreal: Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526149794)

The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the ground-breaking role played by Germanophone women artists working in surrealist traditions in responding to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War. Analysing works in a variety of media by leading artists and writers, the book redefines the post-war trajectories of surrealism and recalibrates critical understandings of the movement's relations to historical trauma. Chapters address artworks, writings and compositions by the Swiss Meret Oppenheim, the German Unica Z?n, the Austrian Birgit J?genssen, the Luxembourg-Austrian Bady Minck and the Austrian Olga Neuwirth and her collaboration with fellow Austrian Nobel-prize winning novelist Elfriede Jelinek. Locating each artist in their historical context, the book traces the development of the traumatic surreal through the wartime and post-war period.

Author: Patricia Allmer
ISBN-10: 1526149796
ISBN-13: 9781526149794
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.88d