Surrealism in Latin America: Vivísimo Muerto (Issues &

Surrealism in Latin America: Vivísimo Muerto (Issues & Debates)
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This collection of essaysâ€”the first major account of surrealism in Latin America that covers both literary and visual productionâ€”explores the role the movement played in the construction and recuperation of cultural identities and the ways artists and writers contested, embraced, and adapted surrealist ideas and practices.Â

Surrealism in Latin America provides new Latin Americanâ€“centric scholarship, not only about surrealismâ€™s impact on the region but also about the regionâ€™s impact on surrealism. It reconsiders the relation between art and anthropology, casts new light on the aesthetics of â€œprimitivism,â€ and makes a strong case for Latin American artists and writers as the inheritors of a movement that effectively went underground after World War II. In so doing, it expands our understanding of important, fascinating figures who are less well known than their counterparts active in Europe and New York.

Deriving from a conference held at the Getty Research Institute, the book is rich in new materials drawn from the GRIâ€™s diverse Mexican and South American surrealist collections, which include the archives of Vicente Huidobro, Enrique GÃ³mez-Correa, CÃ©sar Moro, Enrique Lihn, and Emilio Westphalen.Â

This panoramic survey goes a step beyond other recent studies to consider surrealismâ€™s ongoing legacies, proposing that the surrealist movement in Latin America, like the vivÃsimo muerto (the living dead)â€”cannot be relegated to the past.

Country	USA
Brand	Getty Research Institute
Manufacturer	Getty Research Institute
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Figures; Frontispiece; Illustrations, bl
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781606061176
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Surrealism in Latin America: Vivísimo Muerto (Issues & Debates)

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