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Eileen Agar - Dreaming Oneself Awake (Hardcover)
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Eileen Agar - Dreaming Oneself Awake (Hardcover)
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Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, and reborn in Paris in 1928, Eileen
Agar was an artist whose work throughout her long career
synthesized elements of the two main art movements of the twentieth
century: Cubism and Surrealism. This monograph, the first full
account of Agar's complete works, including paintings, collages,
photographs and objects, comes at a time when there is a major
revival of interest in Surrealism in the UK and worldwide. Drawing
on personal conversations with the artist as well as original
research, Michel Remy examines the life and work of the artist
through-out her long career, from her passage through Cubism and
abstraction to Surrealism, as well as her dedicated participation
in Surreal-ist activities in England and abroad. Each period is
illustrated with many striking images, including rare photographs,
and supported by penetrating interpretations. The powerful
myth-making drive that underlies Agar's output is revealed, as well
the tenderness, humour, poetry, love of nature and the world,
subversion of the laws of reality, and celebration of femininity
that suffuses each of her works.This is a timely, fresh and cogent
account of a fascinating woman artist whose quality of work,
independence of mind and freedom of imagination refute the
assertion that women have not played a major role in the story of
Surrealism. The book will appeal to anyone interested in art
history and Surrealism.
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