Sonja Sekula & friends
By: with essays by Fanny Fetzer, Griselda Pollock, Dominik Müller ; edited by: Kunstmuseum Luzern ; translations: English-German: Harriet Fricke, German-English: Ben Liebelt
Contributors: Kunstmuseum Luzern
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Luzern; Scheidegger & Spiess
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Luzern; Zurich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9783858815125
Subjects: Exhibitions; Criticism and interpretation; Friends and associates; Modern Art
Other titles: Sonja Sekula and friends
Description: Sonja Sekula (1918-63) was born and educated in Lucerne, Switzerland, but emigrated to the United States with her parents in 1936. In 1941, she began studying art at the Arts Students League in New York and made the acquaintance of Andre Breton and his friends among the surrealists. Her automatic paintings and texts soon captured the interest of Peggy Guggenheim and Marcel Duchamp. In 1943, she was invited for the first time to show her work at Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery, and, throughout the late 1940s, she was also featured in solo and group exhibitions at Betty Parsons Gallery. However, mental health problems dogged her throughout her life, and she returned to Switzerland for treatment in 1955, where she committed suicide in 1963. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Sekula's art in context of the work of her friends and fellow artists from the period. Richly illustrated, it offers a chance to rediscover an immensely talented artist who has been unjustly neglected. Exhibition: Kunstmusem Luzern, Switzerland (11.06. - 25.09.2016).
Notes: On the occasion of the exhibition "Sonja Sekula, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock & Friends" held at Kunstmuseum Luzern, June 11 - September 25, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in English and German.