{"product_id":"moma-the-surrealist-book-by-jodi-hauptman-starr-figura","title":"MoMA The Surrealist Book by Jodi Hauptman, Starr Figura","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book bound with shards of shattered glass. A manifesto enshrined in polished metal. Love poems seamlessly merging with solarized photographs. For artists and writers of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/terms\/surrealism\"\u003eSurrealist\u003c\/a\u003e movement, the book was a perfect vehicle for subversive experimentation and the promotion of Surrealism’s revolutionary tenets. Working collaboratively to unlock the unconscious, they transformed the bound volume into a provocative new art form, an enchanted portal to the unexpected, the irrational, and the marvelous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Surrealist Book\u003c\/em\u003e features the work of Surrealism’s most fascinating figures, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/artists\/768-andre-breton\"\u003eAndré Breton\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/artists\/8195\"\u003eClaude Cahun\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/works\/46154\"\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003c\/a\u003e, Paul Éluard, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/collection\/works\/104305\"\u003eMax Ernst\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/artists\/5916-toyen-marie-cerminova\"\u003eToyen\u003c\/a\u003e, and Unica Zürn. It traces the myriad roles of Surrealist books from their foundational impact in the 1920s, through their convention-defying influence in the 1930s and ’40s, to the persistent presence of a Surrealist sensibility in volumes produced well into the 1950s and ’60s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition showcases a transformative gift of rare artists’ books from the Helen and Sam Zell Collection, presented for the first time at MoMA. This trove of exquisite objects includes special editions printed on unusual papers or enhanced with supplementary materials, unique maquettes and singular sketchbooks filled with collages and fantastical drawings, sculptural bindings that turn books into hybrid, interactive artworks, and much more. Whether sparking disquiet or delight, books, the Surrealists insisted, “are doors.” Whoever “opens them is immediately thrown into a higher realm.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganized by Jodi Hauptman, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints, and Starr Figura, Curator, with Kolleen Ku, Curatorial Assistant, and Emma Kang, Brooke Alexander Fellow, Department of Drawings and Prints.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mahala Independent Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63824778887498,"sku":null,"price":8450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5662\/5482\/files\/9781633451810.jpg?v=1791289577","url":"https:\/\/mahala.bg\/products\/moma-the-surrealist-book-by-jodi-hauptman-starr-figura","provider":"Mahala Independent Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}