In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, French Edition
The surrealist movement in art is most often identified with male
artists, many of whom objectified women in their paintings, casting
them as sexual or symbolic ideals. Conversely, the female artists
of the movement delved primarily into their own subconscious and
dreams. This volume features the work of 48 Mexican and U.S.-based
women artists whose contributions to the surrealist movement span
more than four decades and whose work was both influential and
radical in its own right. Thematically arranged, it includes more
than 250 full-colour images along with several essays exploring the
effects of geography and gender on the movement. This unique book
illustrates surrealism as a gateway to self-discovery, especially
in North America, where women artists were freed from oppressive
European traditions and the vagaries of war. From 1931, the year of
Lee Miller's first surreal photograph, to 1968, when Yayoi
Kusama presented her landmark happening "Alice in
Wonderland" in New York's Central Park, the artists and
works depicted here are both significant and extraordinary in their
explorations of personal and universal truths.
