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Marvelous Objects

Surrealist Sculpture From Paris to New York
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Jan 06, 2017callig rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A gorgeous coffee-table introduction to surrealist sculpture. Not being a scholar of such matters i can't definitely critique it, but it seems complete, perhaps even over-complete [Alexander Calder was a surrealist? Really? Great stuff but abstract, not surrealist]. I hadn't known the extent of H. Arp's biomorphism influence on surrealism, so that discussion was a big plus. And i hadn't fully appreciated the sexual obsessiveness of male surrealists [tiresome, that]. If you have any interest in surrealism, or even its tangents, this is a worthy, even pleasurable read.