Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184976963X ISBN 13: 9781849769631

Verlag: Tate Publishing, 2025

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The first major exhibition of visionary artist Ithell Colquhoun and the first major accompanying publication on the artist.

One of the most radical artists of her generation, Colquhoun was an important figure in British Surrealism during the 1930s and 1940s. An innovative writer and practicing occultist, Colquhoun charted her own course, investigating surrealist methods of unconscious picture-making and fearlessly delving into the realms of myth and magic.

Colquhoun explored the possibilities of a divine feminine power as a path to personal fulfilment and societal transformation. Her understanding of the world as a connected spiritual cosmos brought her to Cornwall, where she deepened her creative explorations, inspired by the region’s ancient landscape, Celtic traditions, and sacred sites.

This landmark exhibition and publication of over 200 artworks and archival materials traces Colquhoun’s evolution, from her early student work and engagement with the surrealist movement, to her fascination with the intertwining realms of art, sexual identity, ecology and occultism. It culminates in a room dedicated to Colquhoun’s interpretation of the Taro deck – her most accomplished fusion of her artistic and magical practice.

Explore Colquhoun’s enthralling, multi-layered universe through writings, drawings, paintings, early theatre projects and mural designs, many of which have never been shown publicly before.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Katy Norris is Exhibitions and Displays Curator at Tate St Ives, a researcher and writer specialising in women artists, feminism and social reform movements in Britain during the early twentieth century.

Emma Chambers is curator for Modern British Art at Tate.

Norah Bowman is Chair of Interdisiplinary Studies and Professor in the English Literature Department at Okangan College in British Columbia.

Victoria Ferentinou is Assistant Professor at the University of Ioannina teaching art theory and history of art.

Gwenno Mererid Saunders is a Welsh-Cornish musician.

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Published to accompany her first major exhibition, this dazzling volume on the ground-breaking practice of Ithell Colquhoun reveals a daring visionary who charted her own course between two worlds: that of modern art and the realms of myth and magic.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tate Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 184976963X
• ISBN 13: 9781849769631
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
• Herausgeber: Norris Katy
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar