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Sonja Sekula & friends

Title
Sonja Sekula & friends / with essays by Fanny Fetzer, Griselda Pollock, Dominik Müller ; edited by: Kunstmuseum Luzern ; translations: English-German: Harriet Fricke, German-English: Ben Liebelt.
Publication
  • Luzern : Kunstmuseum Luzern ; Zurich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963.
  • Fetzer, Fanni
  • Pollock, Griselda
  • Müller, Dominik, 1981-
  • Kunstmuseum Luzern, host institution
Description
159 pages : color illustrations; 33 cm
Summary
Sonja Sekula (1918-63) was born and educated in Lucerne, Switzerland, but emigrated to the United States with her parents in 1936. In 1941, she began studying art at the Arts Students League in New York and made the acquaintance of Andre Breton and his friends among the surrealists. Her automatic paintings and texts soon captured the interest of Peggy Guggenheim and Marcel Duchamp. In 1943, she was invited for the first time to show her work at Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery, and, throughout the late 1940s, she was also featured in solo and group exhibitions at Betty Parsons Gallery. However, mental health problems dogged her throughout her life, and she returned to Switzerland for treatment in 1955, where she committed suicide in 1963. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Sekula's art in context of the work of her friends and fellow artists from the period. Richly illustrated, it offers a chance to rediscover an immensely talented artist who has been unjustly neglected. Exhibition: Kunstmusem Luzern, Switzerland (11.06. - 25.09.2016).
Alternative Title
Sonja Sekula and friends
Subject
  • Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963 > Exhibitions
  • Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963 > Friends and associates > Exhibitions
  • Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
  • Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
  • Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963
  • 1900-1999
  • Art, Modern > Exhibitions
  • Art, Modern
  • Art, Swiss
  • Friendship
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • On the occasion of the exhibition "Sonja Sekula, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock & Friends" held at Kunstmuseum Luzern, June 11 - September 25, 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Parallel texts in English and German.
Call Number
JQG 16-551
ISBN
  • 9783858815125
  • 3858815128
LCCN
  • 2016383716
  • 9783858815125
OCLC
954309262
Title
Sonja Sekula & friends / with essays by Fanny Fetzer, Griselda Pollock, Dominik Müller ; edited by: Kunstmuseum Luzern ; translations: English-German: Harriet Fricke, German-English: Ben Liebelt.
Publisher
Luzern : Kunstmuseum Luzern ; Zurich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Language
Parallel texts in English and German.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Sekula, Sonja, 1918-1963. Works. Selections.
Fetzer, Fanni, author.
Pollock, Griselda, author.
Müller, Dominik, 1981- author.
Kunstmuseum Luzern, host institution.
Other Standard Identifier
9783858815125 (paperback)
Research Call Number
JQG 16-551
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