MARUJA MALLO AND THE SPANISH AVANT-GARDE by Shirley Mangini, Dr. Gavin Parkinson ( 9780754669326 )

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Title:

MARUJA MALLO AND THE SPANISH AVANT-GARDE

By:

Shirley Mangini, Dr. Gavin Parkinson

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Hardback

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0754669327

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9780754669326

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

16 June, 2010

Series:

Studies in Surrealism

Pages:

272

Description:

Highlights the struggle of Maruja Mallo and other women artists against the rampant misogyny of both Spanish culture and the avant-garde community of the time. This book also analyzes the effects of the Spanish Civil War. It demonstrates that she was a driving force in the flowering of Spanish culture through the 1920s and 1930s.

Synopsis:

The first book in English on Maruja Mallo, this volume is an insightful examination of the life and work of this seminal artist of the Spanish avant-garde. Previously sidelined by a culture that treated women as "insider-outsiders" and by her own mythmaking, Mallo no longer can be viewed as simply a muse to famous counterparts such as Salvador DalA- and Federico GarcA-a Lorca; her role has been re-contextualized to demonstrate that she was a driving force in the flowering of Spanish culture through the 1920s and 1930s. The analysis of Mallo's unique life and extraordinary art is set against the complicated social and political backdrop of interwar Madrid. This book highlights the struggle of Mallo and other women artists against the rampant misogyny of both Spanish culture and the avant-garde community of the time. The effects of the Spanish Civil War are also analyzed-in Mallo's case, Franco's victory forced her into exile in South America for almost 30 years, with profound effects on her art and her life. Added to this rich context, the author's numerous interviews with members of the Mallo family provide essential new background material.Maruja Mallo and the Spanish Avant-Garde recasts this artist as a vital figure in the heretofore all-male establishment of the Spanish artistic vanguard.

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Includes 12 colour and 16 b&w illustrations

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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