num_pages: 256
description: Filled with a wide array of illustrations this book offers a fresh perspective on surrealism as it spotlights the important role that North American women artists played in the movement. 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 of48 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-color images along with several essays exploring the effects ofgeography 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 Millers first surreal photograph to 1968when Yayoi Kusama presented her landmark happening Alice in Wonderland in New Yorks Central Park the artists and works depicted here are both significant and extraordinary in their explorations of personal and universal truths.
language: English
title: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States
publisher: Prestel USA