Fantasmas británicos del surrealismo

Neil Coombs, artista y escritor del País de Gales, fundador y editor de la publicación surrealista Patricide (http://darkwindowspress.com/), expone a partir de fines de septiembre, en el castillo de Bodelwyddan, una serie de fotomontajes muy curiosos, bajo el título de “Los fantasmas del surrealismo”. Pero dejemos que él mismo nos exponga las características y el sentido de estas piezas, fascinantes a tenor de la que aquí reproducimos:

“The photomontage pieces that form the core of this project are built around a repeating grid of 15 rectangles into which photographs from a specific location are placed to form a playful spirit or ‘phantom’ of place. Each phantom is from a different location and each site chosen has personal resonances or relates to the history of surrealism in Britain and Europe. The works are both an interpretation of landscape and place as well as an opportunity to explore the history of the surrealist movement in Britain and how the idea of surrealism is often tied to landscape explored, not for its picturesque or romantic aspects but for its psychological and visionary resonance. In order to produce the work for this project, I have travelled to a range of locations in the UK in order to collect a body of photographs that have been used in the construction of the phantom pieces. The Phantom works are large scale digital exhibition prints. The exhibition will also include other collage and photographic work alongside collaborative projects, including the Alpine Phantoms and the touring exhibition of artists’ books Desire in a Book. Progress has also been recorded on the Phantom Map (http://surrealphantom.wordpress.com/)”.

Neil Coombs es editor del volumen Alpine Phantoms: on the fantastic lure of the mountains. En cuanto a Desire in a Book, puede consultarse el siguiente blog:

http://craziesandkooks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/desire-in-book-surrealist-exhibition-at.html