Surreal Eden: Edward James and Las Pozas
by Margaret Hooks
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Author: Margaret HooksEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-26
ISBN: 1568986122
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
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Summary of Surreal Eden: Edward James and Las Pozas
Icons of surrealism such as the Lobster Telephone and Mae West Lips sofa would not exist if it weren't for Edward James. Born into fabulous wealth, Â?his father was a scion of the Phelps-Dodge dynasty, his mother a leading socialite, Â?James amassed one of the finest collections of surrealist art and was the major benefactor of Salvador Dali, Leonora Carrington, and Rene Magritte. He lavished his fortune on an ostentatious lifestyle and landmark artistic ventures such as Dali's 'Dream of Venus' pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair and a series of ballets known as Les Ballets Russes to woo his wife, the Viennese dancer Tilly Losch. Turning his back on the strictures of England society and his failed marriage, James followed the movable feast around Europe before leaving for America and 1940s Los Angeles where he was a member of the colony of artists and writers that included Man Ray, Isamu Noguchi, and Christopher Isherwood. But it was ultimately in Mexico that he felt at home and became an artist in his own right, creating the remarkable Las Pozas, in the remote town of Xilitla, an area abounding in waterfalls and wild orchids. Working with local Otomi Indians, he sculpted the jungle, illuminated the forest, and built parapets in the sky. Award-winning biographer Margaret Hooks tells the bizarre, often tragic tale of his life and the creation of his surreal masterpiece, illustrated with stunning photographs by Sally Mann, Michael Schuyt, Lourdes Almeida and others.Arts & Photography Books
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