The Traumatic Surreal: Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War

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Patricia Allmer

The Traumatic Surreal

Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War

Patricia Allmer

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Manchester University Press
05 April 2022

Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000

The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the ground-breaking role played by Germanophone women artists working in surrealist traditions in responding to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War.

Analysing works in a variety of media by leading artists and writers, the book redefines the post-war trajectories of surrealism and recalibrates critical understandings of the movement's relations to historical trauma. Chapters address artworks, writings and compositions by the Swiss Meret Oppenheim, the German Unica Zrn, the Austrian Birgit Jrgenssen, the Luxembourg-Austrian Bady Minck and the Austrian Olga Neuwirth and her collaboration with fellow Austrian Nobel-prize winning novelist Elfriede Jelinek. Locating each artist in their historical context, the book traces the development of the traumatic surreal through the wartime and post-war period.

By: Patricia Allmer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 798g
ISBN: 9781526149794
ISBN 10: 1526149796
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 05 April 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Meret Oppenheim’s hauntologies 2 Unica Zürn’s pathographies 3 Birgit Jürgenssen’s abjections 4 Bady Minck’s tourist imaginaries 5 Olga Neuwirth / Elfriede Jelinek: temporality and trauma Index -- .

Patricia Allmer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh.

Reviews for The Traumatic Surreal: Germanophone Women Artists and Surrealism After the Second World War

‘…a welcome addition to recent scholarship on both the women of, and inspired by, Surrealism, and the role of trauma in contemporary art.’ The Burlington Magazine '...a groundbreaking book that offers new perspectives on female positions and lineages in the history of surrealism.' Woman's Art Journal -- .