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October 26-27, 2006
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

About the Conference

Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of surrealist artists Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning´s arrival in Sedona, Arizona, this conference is the first extended scholarly consideration and discussion of an almost forgotten episode in the history of modern art: the sustained engagement by surrealists–both American and European–with Arizona, the Southwest, and the greater American West, as they began to look beyond the urban context that had defined and contained the practice of modern art during the first part of the century.

The conference investigates the intersections suggested by recent histories of surrealism published in the 1990s: In the pages of these histories it becomes clear that during the ´40s and ´50s the Surrealists in New York devoted a significant amount of energy to the exploration of Native American art and culture, especially that of the Southwest and Northwest Coast. More...

This conference is open to the public and conference registration is free of charge. We ask that you complete your registration either via this website or, you may download a form so that you can register in the mail.

This conference has been organized by:

Prof. Claudia Mesch (Arizona State University)
Prof. Samantha Kavky (Penn State University, Berks Campus)