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Max Ernst

Max Ernst

The Paris Years

By (author) Dimitri Ozerkov
By (author) Georges Sebbag
By (author) Julia Drost

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  • Accompanies the first-ever showing in Russia of key works by Max Ernst, drawing on early exhibitions of the Surrealist's work by Paris dealer Aram Mouradian
  • Focus on early 1920s, a period that marked the transition from Dada to Surrealism; designed as an art book more than exhibition catalogue, with insightful contributions by Ernst specialists
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One of the leading Surrealists, Max Ernst could justly be described as the greatest investigator of the human consciousness. He created fantastical, apparently inconceivable images that hark back to our inner world, to the childish reminiscences that feed the subconscious. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Hermitage Museum of some twenty paintings and works on paper from the 1920s, Ernst’s first French period. Many come from a private collection that has its roots in that of noted Paris dealer Aram Mouradian. The early 1920s were an important period that marked the transition from Dada to Surrealism, not only for Ernst but in European art as a whole. In the first half of the decade Ernst produced his so-called proto-Surrealist pictures, in which the artist moved away from avant-garde experimentation towards a more poetic and integral artistic image, starting to experiment with the painting technique itself. Never before shown in Russia, these works represent an important stage in the development of Ernst’s output. Contents: Dimitri Ozerkov: Introduction to Max Ernst; Georges Sebbag: Max Ernst and Aram Mouradian; Julia Drost: Max Ernst and Surrealism in Paris. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Hermitage Museum in the summer of 2019, which is the first ever solo show of the artist’s work in Russia: Max Ernst: The Paris Years, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, June-August 2019.
• Book accompanying first-ever showing in Russia of key works by Max Ernst, drawing on early exhibitions of the Surrealist’s work by Paris dealer Aram Mouradian• Focus on early 1920s, a period that marked the transition from Dada to Surrealism; designed as an art book more than exhibition catalogue, with insightful contributions by Ernst specialistsOne of the leading Surrealists, Max Ernst could justly be described as the greatest investigator of the human consciousness. He created fantastical, apparently inconceivable images that hark back to our inner world, to the childish reminiscences that feed the subconscious. This book accompanies an exhibition at the Hermitage Museum of some twenty paintings and works on paper from the 1920s, Ernst’s first French period. Many come from a private collection that has its roots in that of noted Paris dealer Aram Mouradian. The early 1920s were an important period that marked the transition from Dada to Surrealism not only for Ernst but in European art as a whole. In the first half of the decade Ernst produced his so-called proto-Surrealist pictures, in which the artist moved away from avant-garde experimentation towards a more poetic and integral artistic image, starting to experiment with the painting technique itself. Never before shown in Russia, these works represent an important stage in the development of Ernst’s output.

Contents: Dimitri Ozerkov: Introduction to Max Ernst; Georges Sebbag: Max Ernst and Aram Mouradian; Julia Drost: Max Ernst and Surrealism in Paris.

Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Hermitage Museum in the summer of 2019, which is the first ever showing of the artist’s work in Russia: Max Ernst: The Paris Years, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, June-August 2019.

About the Author
Georges Sebbag was born in Marrakesh in 1942; in 1964 he met André Breton and took part in activities of the Surrealist group. Between 1967 and 2002 he taught philosophy and has written many books on surrealism and philosophy. He is co-editor of The International Encyclopaedia of Surrealism (Bloomsbury, 2019); Dr Julia Drost is research director at the German Centre for History of Art in Paris; she has written extensively about Surrealism and Max Ernst; Art historian and curator Dr Dimitri Ozerkov is director of the Department of Contemporary Art at the State Hermitage Museum.
Specifications
Publisher
Fontanka
ISBN
9781906257323
Published
30th Jan 2020
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
8.25 in x 10.25 in
Pages
160 Pages
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