Heisler, Jindřich
[IllustratorIn];
Witkovsky, Matthew S.
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Toman, Jindřich
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
;
Art Institute of Chicago
Titel:
Jindřich Heisler
:
surrealism under pressure ; 1938-1953 ; [... published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from March 31 to July 1, 2012]
Enthält:
The hope of fire, the freedom of dreams: Jindřich Heisler in Prague and Paris, 1938-1953
/ Jindřich Toman
Night rounds: on the photo-poem From the strongholds of sleep
/ Matthew S. Witkovsky
From the strongholds of sleepObjectsBetween object and photographFrom the same doughNéonBetween object and bookAlphabetWritings and tributes: "On illustration that is not illustration," Jindřich Heisler, c. 1946 ; Jindřich Heisler to Frederick Kiesler, Paris, December 13, 1947 ; "And the cricket fell asleep--," André Breton, 1953 ; "Jindřich Heisler, A crystal in the night," Annie Le Brun, 1998.
Beschreibung:
"Czech poet and photographer Jindřich Heisler (1914-1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career--Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight--he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940), which is reproduced in its entirety in this publication"--Jkt