- Hardcover: 281 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press; 1 edition (April 30 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262112566
- ISBN-13: 978-0262112567
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 875 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Kachur's account is a valuable contribution to the reception history of modern art in American popular culture."
— Sheldon Nodelman, Art in America
"A compulsive and beautifully presented read..
— David Gove Surman, Leonardo
"Unique and perceptive research...a remarkable and insightful narrative of installation art's beginnings."
— Petra Rigby Watson, Parachute
"Anyone specializing in the history of Surrealism or the history of installation art will find this book essential reading."
— John A. Walker, The Art Book
"A splendid analysis of the late Surrealist exhibitions. Anyone interested in Surrealist art would want this book; anyone interested in the consideration of display in twentieth-century art must have this book."
—Richard Martin, former curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Perceptive, fascinating, and written with pleasure and delight. The reciprocal exchange between art work and its context is presented with a steady, at times inspired, sense of inquiry."
—Brian O'Doherty, writer
— Sheldon Nodelman, Art in America
"A compulsive and beautifully presented read..
— David Gove Surman, Leonardo
"Unique and perceptive research...a remarkable and insightful narrative of installation art's beginnings."
— Petra Rigby Watson, Parachute
"Anyone specializing in the history of Surrealism or the history of installation art will find this book essential reading."
— John A. Walker, The Art Book
"A splendid analysis of the late Surrealist exhibitions. Anyone interested in Surrealist art would want this book; anyone interested in the consideration of display in twentieth-century art must have this book."
—Richard Martin, former curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Perceptive, fascinating, and written with pleasure and delight. The reciprocal exchange between art work and its context is presented with a steady, at times inspired, sense of inquiry."
—Brian O'Doherty, writer
Product Description
Surrealism in its late phase often abandoned neutral exhibition spaces in favor of environments that embodied subjective ideologies. These exhibitions offered startled viewers an early version of installation art before the form existed as such. In Displaying the Marvelous, Lewis Kachur explores this development by analyzing three elaborate Surrealist installations created between 1938 and 1942. The first two, the "Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme" (1938) and the "Dream of Venus" at the New York World's Fair (1939), dealt with the fetishization of the female body. The third, "First Papers of Surrealism" (1942), focused not on the figure but on the entire expanse of the exhibition space, thus contributing to the development of nonfigurative art in New York. Kachur presents a full visual and verbal reconstruction of each of the exhibitions, evoking the sequence that the contemporary viewer would have encountered.
The book considers Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali, two artists who are not usually compared, within a common framework. Duchamp specialized in frustrating the spectator, using his ironic wit to call into question the definition of the work of art. Dali was a master at disorienting the senses by establishing and then undermining everyday spatial and object properties. The Surrealist challenge, as voiced by Andre Breton, was to evoke the marvelous. Duchamp and Dali extended that challenge to the physical and commercial realm of the exhibition installation.
The book considers Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali, two artists who are not usually compared, within a common framework. Duchamp specialized in frustrating the spectator, using his ironic wit to call into question the definition of the work of art. Dali was a master at disorienting the senses by establishing and then undermining everyday spatial and object properties. The Surrealist challenge, as voiced by Andre Breton, was to evoke the marvelous. Duchamp and Dali extended that challenge to the physical and commercial realm of the exhibition installation.
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Duchamp is very good curator,
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This review is from: Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition (Hardcover)
I have never read like the book about Marcel Duchamp, because the book focuses on the side of the curator of Duchamp. The book is about the Surrealist exihibitions in 1930's and 1940's. And the backgrounds of the exhibitions are very detailed and lively. I recommend the book to those who like, of course, Duchamp and are interested in installation.
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scholarship and humor,
By Carla Lord (NY, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition (Hardcover)
Written with keen perception and humor, Lewis Kachur's latest book is likely to become a classic both in the fields of surrealism and of installations. It is scholarly and highly readable.
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Well written, engrossing and an under-reported subject,
By Stuart Pearson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition (Hardcover)
The book is a fun read - you'll get as close as possible to venturing into the rooms as is possible. It's hard to believe there aren't films made as walk-thoughs, but that seems to be the case. I don't know of another book that focuses on the actual installations of the time. You'll be happy you ventured in, if for no other reason than to see Duchamp from a slightly different angle. A good amount of photos, tho it seems there ARE more out there, even by the book's admissions.
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At the best!,
By Luisa Valeriani "lvaleriani" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition Installations (Paperback)
The book arrived in perfect conditions, the delivery was easy, and in time.Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition
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Oh my, what a gem,
By James A. Woronow - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, and Surrealist Exhibition Installations (Paperback)
Here is an aspect of Duchamp that in previous books I have read devoted a paragraph or two on his displays in galleries and museums. But this is tastey treat for all you Duchamp and Dali fans. Even though Dali - the person- always rub me wrong way, here his contrubution to inventive displays at the world fair is a very interesting read. Duchamp's 1200 coal sacks and mile of string is fully explained. There is much more and every page is just great.
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