The Screen in Surrealist Art and Thought

An interrogation of the notion of space in Surrealist theory and philosophy, this study analyzes the manifestations of space in Surrealist paintings and writings, with a specific focus on the ＂screen＂ as a spatial paradigm. Haim Finkelstein here extends discussion of the concepts at stake for Surrealist visual art into the context of literature and criticism. His study sheds new light on the way ＂film thinking＂ permeates Surrealist thought and aesthetics.

Haim Finkelstein holds the Evelyn Metz Chair in Art History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. His book Surrealism and the Crisis of the Object was published in 1980; his more recent books include two volumes devoted to Dalí-, Salvador Dalí-’s Art and Writing 1927-1942 (1996), and a critical edition of his shorter writings, The Collected Writings of Salvador Dalí (1998). His current research focuses on the notion of space in Surrealist film.