Remedios Varo Science Fictions

Book

In basket

Remedios Varo Science Fictions / Edited by Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq ; With contributions by Tere Arcq, Lara Balikci, Mary Broadway, Brenda J. Caro Cocotle, Caitlin Haskell, Claire Howard, Alivé Piliado Santana, Katrina Rush, and Alex Zivkovic. - Chicago : The Art Institute of Chicago, 2023. - 183, [1] strona : ilustracje, fotografie ; 31 cm.

Author

Haskell Caitlin. Redakcja. Arcq Tere. Redakcja. Balikci Lara. Tekst Broadway Mary. Tekst Caro Cocotle Brenda J. Tekst Howard Claire. Tekst Santana Alivé Piliadol. Tekst Rush Katrina. Tekst Zivkovic Alex. Tekst

Form of Work

Książki Albumy i książki artystyczne

Subject

Varo, Remedios (1908-1963). Remedios Varo Science Fictions Malarstwo hiszpańskie Malarki hiszpańskie Surrealizm Mistycyzm (w sztuce) Sztuka a nauka Hiszpania. Meksyk.

Genre/Form

Katalogi wystaw Albumy malarskie

Czytelnia

Malarstwo

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Wypożyczalnia Główna

There are copies available to loan: sygn. C 11213 MA (1 egz.)

Notes:

General note

"Remedios Varos Science Fictions" was published in cojunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, July 29 to November 27, 2023, in partnership wiyh Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.

Summary, etc.

Streszczenie: This publication offers a definitive look at the artistic practice of Remedios Varo (1908–1963) following her emigration from Spain to Mexico City in 1941. Her work from 1955 to 1963 made a lasting contribution to modern art and the legacy of Surrealism. In Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, fresh historical and material findings establish the integral relationship between Varo’s layered interests—in alchemy, architecture, magic, mysticism, philosophy, and science—and her beguiling technical approach to art making. Essays detail specific works’ complex stories and spectacular surfaces. An illustrated taxonomy of Varo’s artistic techniques, including automatic mark making as well as careful manipulation of materials and media, offers new insights into the artist’s craft. An illustrated inventory of a major portion of Varo’s library—published here for the first time—reveals the artist’s engagement with a wide range of subjects. Stunning new photography of many of her artworks are presented within a dynamic geometric design inspired by the artist’s work. Situating Varo as a woman working in midcentury Mexico City and living among a tight-knit community of local and émigré artists, poets, and thinkers, the catalogue illuminates the complex worldview that shaped her search for individual and collective transcendence.