Art historian and curator Dawn Ades is a leading voice on Dada,
Surrealism, abstraction and art from Latin America. This volume collects
her important essays for the first time, addressing themes fundamental
to the history of modern art and the avant-garde.
Arranged thematically, this collection of essays represents the breadth
of Dawn Ades's critical and curatorial interests, ranging from
avant-garde poster design to the representation of the female in Mexico,
but with an overarching foundation in abstraction, identity and the
influence of new media.
As well as working as a professor and curator - which earned her an OBE
for her services to art history - Ades has written on a wide range of
artists since 1980. Spanning the likes of Francis Bacon, Richard Deacon,
Salvador Dalí and Hannah Höch, this body of essays is ingrained with
Ades's consistently clear and intellectually stimulating observations.To
introduce the book, Ades is interviewed by Doro Globus who explores the
writer's relationship to curating, teaching and art history.