Description
Book SynopsisExplores the emergence of an amateur class of curators in France between the world wars. Focuses on the Surrealist writers and artists who developed an alternative curatorial practice to that pursued by the community of professionally trained curators and exclusive art dealers.
Trade Review“Jolles discusses the Surrealists’ own exhibitions, with which writers and artists possessing no formal curatorial training attempted to wrest control back from the high art establishment, with wild results. Exhibitions centered on Surrealism are currently having a moment, making it the perfect time to look at the way these artists displayed their own art.”
—Zoë Lescaze ARTNews
“There are many valuable insights to be gained from Jolles’s richly researched study. The book also displays impressive production values, with a knowing nod towards ‘The New Typography’ and several archive images that are brightly rejuvenated through digital scanning.”
—Robert Radford Burlington Magazine
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Curatorial Avant-Garde
1 Breaking the Silence
2 Denouncing de Chirico
3 Colonists by Vocation
4 The Tactile Turn
5 The Artist as Dealer
Conclusion: Looking Back on Adorno
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
