Art & Alchemy: Contemporary Art and Transformation

Surrealism and Alchemy: Transform the World!

• Event date: Thursday, June 2, 2011 - 23:00
• Location: Winstanley Lecture Theatre Trinity College
• Event type: Conference
• Link: Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery website
• Collaborator:s Norwich Castle Museum
• Artists: Remedios Varo Max Ernst Leonora Carrington Jacqueline Lamba Andre Breton
• Speakers: Alyce Mahon
• Themes: Surrealism Modernism Avant-garde Alchemy
• Tags: Surrealism Modernism Avant-garde Alchemy

Alyce Mahon, Surrealism and Alchemy: Transform the World!

Part of the series 'Art & Alchemy: Transformation & Contemporary Art' A two day conference across Cambridge and Norwich exploring ideas of alchemy and transformation, and the role of crystals in contemporary artistic practice and theory from Graeco-Roman Egypt to Surrealism and contemporary art. Artists whose work will be featured include Roger Hiorns, Hubert Duprat, Ackroyd & Harvey and Robert Smithson. Speakers include Gill Perry, Alyce Mahon, Dan Harvey & Heather Ackroyd, Stephen Bann, Brian Dillon, Harriet Godwin, Spike Bucklow and Urszula Szulakowska. In collaboration with the Open University and Cambridge University, 3-4 June 2011.