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Alice in Wonderland : through the visual arts / edited by Gavin Delahunty and Christoph Benjamin Schulz ; with assistance from Eleanor Clayton.

Lewis Carroll's timeless novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication over 150 years ago. Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition of its kind to explore how Lewis Carroll's stories have influenced the visual arts, inspiring generations of artists. The exhibition will provide insight into the creation of the novels and the inspiration they have provided for artists through the decades. The starting point for the exhibition is Carroll's original manuscript, written in 1864 as a present for ten year old Alice Liddell. Carroll's own illustrations ensured that images were central to the story, creating a visual world which took on a life of its own. Alice in Wonderland will offer visitors a rare opportunity to view Carroll's own drawings and photographs, alongside Victorian Alice memorabilia and John Tenniel's preliminary drawings for the first edition of the novel. Carroll's stories were soon adopted by other artists. Surrealist artists from the 1930s onwards were drawn towards the fantastical world of Wonderland where natural laws were suspended. From the 1960s through the 1970s, Carroll's Alice tales also prompted conceptual artists to explore language and its relationship to perception, and the stories inspired further responses in Pop and Psychedelic art. Expect to see works by artists ranging from Salvador Dalâi and Renâe Magritte, to Peter Blake and Yayoi Kusama. Alice in Wonderland will also showcase an exciting selection of contemporary art, demonstrating the continuing artistic relevance of Carroll's novels. Works by Anna Gaskell, Annelies Strba and Torsten Lauschmann will all appear, exploring ideas such as the journey from childhood to adulthood; language, meaning and nonsense; scale and perspective; and perception and reality.

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ISBN 1854379917
9781854379917
Dewey 704.9498238
Title Alice in Wonderland : through the visual arts / edited by Gavin Delahunty and Christoph Benjamin Schulz ; with assistance from Eleanor Clayton.
Published London : Tate Publishing, 2011.
Physical description 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
General note Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Tate Liverpool (Liverpool), 4 Nov. 2011 - 25 Jan. 2012; Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 25 Feb. - 3 June 2012; and Hamburger Kunsthalle, 20 June - 30 Sept. 2012.
Note Includes bibliographical references.
Contents note Down the rabbit hole and into the museum: Alice and the visual arts / Christoph Benjamin Schulz -- Lewis Carroll and the Victorian art world / Edward Wakeling -- The universal dream child / Alberto Manguel -- Between eating and loving an 'Alicious' annotated fairy tale / Carol Mavor -- Time's manifolds: the Alice books / Gillian Beer.
Summary Lewis Carroll's timeless novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, have fascinated children and adults alike since their publication over 150 years ago. Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition of its kind to explore how Lewis Carroll's stories have influenced the visual arts, inspiring generations of artists. The exhibition will provide insight into the creation of the novels and the inspiration they have provided for artists through the decades. The starting point for the exhibition is Carroll's original manuscript, written in 1864 as a present for ten year old Alice Liddell. Carroll's own illustrations ensured that images were central to the story, creating a visual world which took on a life of its own. Alice in Wonderland will offer visitors a rare opportunity to view Carroll's own drawings and photographs, alongside Victorian Alice memorabilia and John Tenniel's preliminary drawings for the first edition of the novel. Carroll's stories were soon adopted by other artists. Surrealist artists from the 1930s onwards were drawn towards the fantastical world of Wonderland where natural laws were suspended. From the 1960s through the 1970s, Carroll's Alice tales also prompted conceptual artists to explore language and its relationship to perception, and the stories inspired further responses in Pop and Psychedelic art. Expect to see works by artists ranging from Salvador Dalâi and Renâe Magritte, to Peter Blake and Yayoi Kusama. Alice in Wonderland will also showcase an exciting selection of contemporary art, demonstrating the continuing artistic relevance of Carroll's novels. Works by Anna Gaskell, Annelies Strba and Torsten Lauschmann will all appear, exploring ideas such as the journey from childhood to adulthood; language, meaning and nonsense; scale and perspective; and perception and reality.
Subject Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898 -- Characters -- Alice -- Exhibitions
Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898 -- Influence -- Exhibitions
Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898. -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland -- Exhibitions
Alice (Fictitious character : Carroll) -- Exhibitions
Characters and characteristics in art -- Exhibitions
Literature in art -- Exhibitions
Additional author Clayton, Eleanor
Delahunty, Gavin
Schulz, Christoph Benjamin
Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg)
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (Trento)
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool)
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