Surrealism and the People's Republic of China

This study investigates cultural exchange between the Surrealist movement and the People's Republic of China (1949-present)

Lauren Walden is a Research Fellow in Contemporary Chinese Art at Birmingham City University, UK.

Introduction 1. Clandestine Surrealism in Maoist China 1949-1976 2. The Soul versus Socialism: European Surrealists, Pseudo-Characters and China's Mao-Dao dialectic 3. European Surrealists in Mao's China: From Admiration to Alienation 4. Chinese Surrealism in the 1980s: an overview 5. Surrealism and the 85' New wave: the spiritual surrealism of the Red Travels group (1986-1988) and Northern Art Group (1984-1989). 6. Surrealist pop in 90s' China 7. Chinese Surrealism in the New Millenium: From Subverting the Western Canon to Internal Socio-Political Critique.