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Elements of Surrealist practices in contemporary visual art - Louise Bourgeois' critical reworking of Surrealism (Paperback)
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Elements of Surrealist practices in contemporary visual art - Louise Bourgeois' critical reworking of Surrealism (Paperback)
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Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Art - Sculpture /
Plastics, grade: distinction, The Open University (Department of
Art History), language: English, abstract: This research project
wants to assess to what extent Louise Bourgeois is employing
Surrealist practices in her work. Another question is in what way
Bourgeois criticized the practices of historical Surrealism and how
she has developed these practices further in order to adapt them to
new subject matter, for instance feminist themes. Chapter I tries
to elucidate, how art historians and art critics since the 1980s
referred to Surrealism when interpreting Bourgeois' work. It is
possible to show that Bourgeois used the concept of the "Surrealist
object" for her installations. However, she did this in a way in
which the female body is only present by implication. The erotic
dimension, which was of great importance for the Surrealists, is
destroyed by allusions to old age and death. Bourgeois'
installations of the 1990s can therefore be considered as a radical
and feminist reuse of the surrealist object. Chapter II looks at
works which imply allusions to the unconscious and psycho-analysis,
like the installations Arch of Hysteria (1992/3) and Precious
Liquids (1992). Here I also take into account Bourgeois' own
comments on her work. Although artist's comments do not represent a
definitive interpretation of a work of art, this aspect seems
justified as Bourgeois claims that her art is the result of her
direct access to her unconscious. At least according to Freud this
direct access is impossible, the unconscious being something
impenetrable, which communicates with the conscious only by signs.
However, in her installations Bourgeois consistently makes
allusions to the erotic and desire, but she also shows their
reverse side: fear, pain, violence, voyeurism, ephemerality, and
the ambiguities of male and female identity. Chapter III looks at
the overall social context of the 1960s and 1970s, to whic
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Imprint: |
Grin Verlag
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
June 2010 |
First published: |
October 2013 |
Authors: |
Joachim Stark
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Dimensions: |
210 x 148 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
70 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-640-65128-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
3-640-65128-6 |
Barcode: |
9783640651283 |
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