Monaco Alexandria, The Great Detour. World-capitals and Cosmopolitan Surrealism

Monaco and Alexandria, two cosmopolis with eloquent and yet little-known relations, woven in the heart of the 20th century: ballets and (post)orientalist shows, southern surrealism, flora and fauna, feminist eroticism, urban development and nightlife… Two world-capitals, marked by the imprint of dreams and tourist mythologies as by that of the avant-garde in exile. The writers, poets, painters, decorators and philosophers presented here are the free agents, minority and nomadic forces of Surrealism. They embody a transmediterranean and cross-border world, beyond the rise of nationalisms and fascisms.

Monaco-Alexandria. The big detour presents itself first and foremost as a definitive departure from the spectrum of nationalist and European-centric art history.

Text(s): Björn Dahlström, Cléa Daridan, Amina Diab, Arthur Debsi, Mehri Khalil, Marc Kober, Morad Montazami, Francesca Rondinelli

Black and white / coloured illustrations

Softcover

352 pages billingual edt

Dimensions: 24 x 15 x 2 cm

ISBN: 9791093781235

Publisher: Zaman Books & Curating

Published in Dec 2021

Country of Publication: Beirut, Lebanon

Weight: 1.4 kg