Dora Maar / edited by Damarice Amao, Amanda Maddox, and Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska ; with contributions by Dawn Ades, Alix Agret, Patrice Allain, Victoria Combalía, Emma Lewis, Laurence Perrigault, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Ian Walker.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, from November 19, 2019-March 15, 2020, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, from April 21-July 26, 2020. The exhibition was originally presented at Centre Pompidou, Paris, from June 5-July 29, 2019. First published in France. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
RETURN AND REINVENTION. "Obligatory Painting" / Damarice Amao. The Audacity of Erotic Gazes / Alix Agret -- THE CONCERNED PHOTOGRAPHER. "Dora of the Varied, Ever Beautiful, Faces" / Patrice Allain and Laurence Perrigault -- Dora Maar, Street Photographer : Barcelona and London / Victoria Combalía -- FOUND SURREALISM. Chance Encounters and the "Modern Marvelous" / Dawn Ades. CONSTRUCTED SURREALISM. "The Imaginary Is What Tends to Become Real" : The Photomontage Period / Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska -- Ubu in London : Between Surrealism and Documentary / Ian Walker -- Bande à Part : Jacqueline Lamba, Dora Maar, and the Surrealist Women's Network / Abigail Solomon-Godeau -- DIALOGUE WITH PICASSO. In the Darkroom and the Studio : Dora Maar and Picasso / Emma Lewis -- RETURN AND REINVENTION. "Obligatory Painting" / Damarice Amao.
Summary:
"Examines the work of artist and photographer Dora Maar (1907-1997), who was active at the height of Surrealism in France, highlighting her contributions in the areas of commercial and fashion photography, her interest in socially concerned photography, and her late work from a relatively reclusive phase of her career"-- Provided by publisher.
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