Various: Surrealism and Anti-fascism Octavia E. Butler

Various: Surrealism and Anti-fascism Octavia E. ButlerHatje Cantz, 2025, softcover, 608 pages, 28 x 22 cm Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took photographs, and made collages.

Part-fable

By showing varied and international approaches to a subject

the group’s collectively written epic poem

The installation

and of the rapid acceleration of technology in our visualized and socialized worlds

he fantasizes about disappearance but finds both solace and frustration in his friendships with Charlie

Nash demonstrates that the art world and contemporary curatorial practice constitute some of the most important tools for social and aesthetic exchange in the twenty-first century

a new direction in their work

this book brings the reader fresh and surprising insights into the world of this much-loved artist

and Indivisible

the second volume in the series

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