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- Title
Artist–Sorcerers: Mimicry, Magic and Hysteria.
- Authors
Lomas, David
- Abstract
The article focuses on animal mimicry present in Surrealist art, such as in the work of painters Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí and Leonora Carrington. The article discusses the advent of the topic of animal mimicry in Surrealism by sociologist Roger Caillois, the exhibition "Exposition surréaliste d'objets" at the Galerie Charles Ratton in 1936 and a seminar given in 1935 by philosopher Jacques Lacan entitled "What is a Picture?" in response to Caillois. The article also discusses the concept of gender as a performance based off the writings of psychoanalyst Joan Riviere, as well as women surrealist artists such as Remedios Varo and Leonor Fini.
- Subjects
IMITATION in art; SURREALISM; ERNST, Max, 1891-1976; DALI, Salvador, 1904-1989; CARRINGTON, Leonora, 1917-2011; SURREALIST exhibitions; LACAN, Jacques, 1901-1981; ART &; philosophy; GENDER role in art; RIVIERE, Joan; VARO, Remedios, 1908-1963; FINI, Leonor, 1908-1996
- Publication
Oxford Art Journal, 2012, Vol 35, Issue 3, p363
- ISSN
0142-6540
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxartj/kcs034