{"product_id":"surrealism-and-the-politics-of-eros-19381968-9780500238219","title":"Surrealism and the Politics of Eros  1938-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003eA radically new history of French surrealism by a brilliant young art historian.  In contrast to the orthodox view that surrealism slid into a terminal decline after the 1930s  Alyce Mahon shows that the movement was instead transformed in the war and postwar years as the Surrealists redefined and extended their interests in social crisis  political engagement  transgressive art  myth  the occult  and the erotic.  Through \"the politics of Eros\" the Surrealists attempted to shatter the repression intrinsic to bourgeois society by appealing to individual desire as a route to political consciousness and action. Dr. Mahon analyzes the conception and organization of their four international exhibitions from 1938 to 1965  showing how they evoked a three-dimensional world of dream  desire  and sexual pleasure.  This intellectual tour de force draws on interviews with such key artists as Jean-Jacques Lebel  Mimi Parent  and Jean Benoit  and uses primary sources to advance our knowledge of the work of the better-known Surrealists  from Hans Bellmer to Meret Oppenheim. The Second World War  the Algerian War  and May 1968 are related in new ways to surrealism as a major countercultural force throughout this critical period in French history. By documenting the ways in which the Surrealists used sound  lighting  special effects  and performance art to create a living  theatrical environment  Dr. Mahon sheds new light on topics central to understanding art in our time.  Illustrated with key works of art as well as rare contemporary photographs and documents  the book is destined to become a classic work on one of the most popular and controversial art movements of the twentieth century. 189 illustrations in color and black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646878113845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500238219","price":62.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500238219.jpg?v=1781679544","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/surrealism-and-the-politics-of-eros-19381968-9780500238219","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}