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Sixties art twisted: Surrealism’s wild, erotic, and revolutionary American rebirth.

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    403 pages

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    18 October 2025

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Summary

A reevaluation of American art of the 1960s that foregrounds the role of surrealism during a period of social and political upheaval

Challenging what we think we know about art of the 1960s, this volume moves beyond the established movements of pop art, minimalism, and conceptualism to shine a light on how American artists created a unique type of surrealism, making works suffused with eroticism, dread, wonder, violence, and liberation. A series of essays reveals how …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780300284508
ISBN-10:0300284500
Author:Dan Nadel, Laura Phipps, Scott Rothkopf, Elisabeth Sussman, Jo Applin, Sampada Aranke, Lucy Bradnock, Ruben Cordova, David J. Getsy, Ed Halter
Publisher:Yale University Press
Imprint:Yale University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:403
Release Date:18 October 2025
Weight:1.86kg
Dimensions:38mm x 302mm x 307mm
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Critics Review

“A provocative revisionist compendium … hefty and engrossing.”–Trevor Fairbrother, Arts Fuse

Longlisted in Publishers Weekly’s Fall 2025 Preview

“An exhibition catalog … that will bring any interested reader pleasure, provocation, and insight.”–Paul Buhle, Rain Taxi

About The Author

Dan Nadel

Dan Nadel is curator-at-large at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Laura Phipps is associate curator, Scott Rothkopf is Alice Pratt Brown Director, and Elisabeth Sussman is curator, all at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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