Surrealism : revolution by night / exhibition organised by National Gallery of Australia ; exhibition curated by Michael Lloyd, Ted Gott and Christopher Chapman.Annotated catalogue of the large exhibition of surrealist art shown in the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. As well as information and illustrations of the work of each artist exhibited, it contains essays on various aspects of surrealism such as sex and violence in surrealism, and the impact of surrealism on contemporary art. Includes an interview with artist James Gleeson, a bibliographic chronology of surrealism in Australia 1923-49, a checklist of works in the exhibition, and an index of exhibition works illustrated.The essays cover: surrealism as art; de Chirico's future; the life of the city in surrealism; the surrealist collage; sex & violence in surrealism; surrealism & photography; Freud, surrealism & psychology; surrealism & cinema; surrealism's impact on contemporary art; surrealism in Japan; surrealism in Australia (James Gleeson interview and chronology).
Surrealism as art / Dawn Ades --
De Chirico's future / Murray Bail --
Shopping for the marvellous : the life of the city in Surrealism / Margaret Plant --
The Surrealist collage : marriage of metaphor and joy / Timothy Baum --
Lips of coral : sex and violence in Surrealism / Ted Gott --
An optic parable : Surrealism and photography / Helen Ennis --
The pearl divers of the unconscious : Freud, Surrealism and psychology / Kenneth Wach --
The artificial night : Surrealism and cinema / Adrian Martin --
The continuing tradition : the impact of Surrealism on contemporary art / Mary Jane Jacob --
Surrealism in Japan / John Clark --
Surrealism in Australia / Christopher Chapman --
Inhabiting the littoral : an interview with James Gleeson --
A bibliographic chronology of Surrealism in Australia 1923-49.