Title & Author:

The surreal house / [curated by] Jane Alison ; with essays by Mary Ann Caws [and others].

Publication:

London : Barbican Art Gallery ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, 2010.

Description:

347 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Surreal House, curated by Jane Alison, 10 June - 12 September 2010.
"First published ... on the occasion of the exhibition The surreal house, curated by Jane Alison, 10 June - 12 September 2010"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-342) and index.
The surreal house / Jane Alison -- The surrealist house as a labyrinth and metaphor of creativity / Dalibor Vesely -- How to house the surrealist imagination? / Mary Ann Caws -- An approach to the interior / Brian Dillon -- Marcel Duchamp, surrealist exhibitions and the restless place / Krzysztof Fijalkowski -- Maisons.

Summary:

"This multi-disciplinary and cross-generational project explores the central importance of the house within surrealism and its legacies. It brings the first surrealists together with contemporary artists, film-makers and architects. Through a strategy of accumulation and poetic contamination, each informs the other."--Back cover.

ISBN:

9780300165760 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0300165765 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Surrealism Exhibitions.
Surrealism Influence Exhibitions.
Dwellings Exhibitions.
Dwellings Philosophy Exhibitions.
Dwellings Design Exhibitions.
Interior architecture Exhibitions.
Interior decoration Exhibitions.
Surréalisme Expositions.
Surréalisme Influence Expositions.
Habitations Expositions.
Habitations Philosophie Expositions.
Architecture intérieure Expositions.
Décoration intérieure Expositions.
Architecture and Planning.
Dwellings.
Dwellings Design.
Dwellings Philosophy.
Interior architecture.
Interior decoration.
Surrealism.
Surrealism Influence.
Surrealism & Dada ; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Alison, Jane, 1959-
Caws, Mary Ann.
Alison, Jane
Dillon, Brian, 1969-
Fijałkowski, Krzysztof
Vesely, Dalibor
Barbican Art Gallery.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268782
Call No.: BIB 200649
Status: Available