This lecture takes as a case study the Czechoslovak surrealist group, formed in 1934 and still active to this day in Prague, through the lens of its distinctive tradition of surrealist documentary photography as a tool to reflect and critique its geographic and historical contexts.
A long-time specialist in the history, theory and practices of the international surrealist movement, Krzysztof Fijałkowski is Professor of Visual Culture and senior lecturer on the BA Fine Art programme, Norwich University of the Arts.
Organised by Professor Gavin Parkinson (Professor in European Modernism, The Courtauld) as part of the 2024-25 Frank Davis Memorial Lecture Series, ‘A Century of Surrealism: Resistance and the Image Since the Manifesto of Surrealism’.
Surrealism / Surrealismus: Documentary photography and the conditions of Czechoslovak surrealism 1934-1959
Krzysztof Fijałkowski
Tuesday 15 October 2024, 17:30 - 19:00
London: The Courtauld, Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2
Free but booking required - book here
Image: Jindřich Štyrský, untitled, 1930s. Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague.
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