Magic realism : art in Weimar Germany 1919-33
2018
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This elegant publication draws upon the German and Austrian paintings of the George Economou Collection to explore the vibrant art of magic realism. The term is today comonly associated with the 20th-century literature of Latin America, but it was first coined (alongside the phrase 'post- expressionism') by the German artist and critic Franz Roh in 1926, to describe a shift from the spiritual and anxious art of the Expressionist era, towards something more directly located in actuality. Magic realism can be seen as parallel to, and overlapping with, Neue Sachlichkeit (or 'new objectivity'), a movement associated with the likes of Otto Dix, George Grosz and Christian Schad. As the term implies, the movement encompassed aspects of the visionary beyond the objective.
Main title:
Magic realism : art in Weimar Germany 1919-33 / Matthew Gale & Katy Wan.
Imprint:
London : Tate Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
111 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Tate Modern, London, 30th July 2018-14th July 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781849765886 (hbk)
Dewey class:
759'.06759.06
Language:
English
BRN:
2642151
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