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).Surrealist art was officially prohibited under Mao's rule (1949-1976). However, the book interrogates potent tensions in clandestinely created surrealist artworks by Zhao Shou and Sha Qi, who discovered the movement while studying abroad. Furthermore, Walden explores how seve...