Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning

ISBN: 1789147972

Author: Lyford, Amy

Condition: New

Beautifully illustrated with images of Dorothea Tannings artwork and more, the first-and definitive-study of this important artists life and creative output.Exquisite Dreams is the first full account of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012). Rather than only focusing on her well-known surrealist paintings, this book gives equal weight to Tannings lesser-known but equally powerful sculptures, abstract paintings, and films. Setting Tannings writings, biography, and artwork into the contexts of advertising, fashion, popular culture, and art in New York and Paris, Lyford brings Tannings ideas and feelings to life. Using new archival sources and analyses of Tannings work in a variety of media, Lyford broadens our understanding of the artist. This amply illustrated book is an important contribution to the history of women artists, gender and sexuality studies, as well as the history of Surrealism. It will appeal to art historians and art lovers alike.