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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: English, Spanish Publisher: Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2023]Distributor: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2023]Edition: First editionDescription: 183 pages : illustrations ; 31 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300273212
  • 0300273215
Other title:
  • Science fictions
Uniform titles:
  • Remedios Varo (Art Institute of Chicago)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Spirit, matter, story, soul / Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq -- Taxonomy of techniques / Mary Broadway and Katrina Rush -- Ciencia inútil, o el alquimista (useless science, or the alchemist) / Katrina Rush -- Roulotte (caravan) -- Música solar (solar music) / Claire Howard -- Armonía (harmony) / Lara Balikci -- Presencia inquietante (disturbing presence) -- Mimetismo (mimesis) -- Creación de las aves (creation of the birds) / Brenda J. Caro Cocotle -- El juglar (el malabarista) (the juggler [the magician]) / Mary Broadway -- Carta de tarot (tarot card) -- Hallazgo (discovery) / Alex Zivkovic -- Vuelo mágico (magic flight) -- El flautista (the flutist) / Katrina Rush -- Nave astral (starship) / Brenda J. Caro Cocotle -- Simpatía (sympathy) -- Cazadora de astros (star catcher) / Mary Broadway -- Nacer de nuevo (to be reborn) / Alivé Piliado Santana -- Exploración de las fuentes del río Orinoco (exploration of the sources of the Orinoco river) / Alex Zivkovic -- Tauro (taurus) -- Homo rodans / Lara Balikci -- Homo rodans (manuscript) -- Vagabundo (vagabond) / Alivé Piliado Santana -- La llamada (the call) -- Mujer saliendo del psicoanalista (podría ser Juliana) (woman leaving the psychoanalyst [could be Juliana]) / Claire Howard -- Naturaleza muerta resucitando (still life reviving) -- Introduction to the triptych ; Hacia la torre (toward the tower) ; Bordando el manto terrestre (embroidering the earth's mantle) ; La huida (the escape) / Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq -- Chronology / compiled by Alivé Piliado Santana -- Varo's Library -- Catalogue of selected works / compiled by Lara Balikci, with Michelle Mandoki.
Summary: "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."-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Oversize New 759.972 R386 Available 33111011205602
Total holds: 0

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An exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, focusing on her years in Mexico City



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.



Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago, in partnership with the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City



Exhibition Schedule:



Art Institute of Chicago

(July 29, 2023-November 27, 2023)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spirit, matter, story, soul / Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq -- Taxonomy of techniques / Mary Broadway and Katrina Rush -- Ciencia inútil, o el alquimista (useless science, or the alchemist) / Katrina Rush -- Roulotte (caravan) -- Música solar (solar music) / Claire Howard -- Armonía (harmony) / Lara Balikci -- Presencia inquietante (disturbing presence) -- Mimetismo (mimesis) -- Creación de las aves (creation of the birds) / Brenda J. Caro Cocotle -- El juglar (el malabarista) (the juggler [the magician]) / Mary Broadway -- Carta de tarot (tarot card) -- Hallazgo (discovery) / Alex Zivkovic -- Vuelo mágico (magic flight) -- El flautista (the flutist) / Katrina Rush -- Nave astral (starship) / Brenda J. Caro Cocotle -- Simpatía (sympathy) -- Cazadora de astros (star catcher) / Mary Broadway -- Nacer de nuevo (to be reborn) / Alivé Piliado Santana -- Exploración de las fuentes del río Orinoco (exploration of the sources of the Orinoco river) / Alex Zivkovic -- Tauro (taurus) -- Homo rodans / Lara Balikci -- Homo rodans (manuscript) -- Vagabundo (vagabond) / Alivé Piliado Santana -- La llamada (the call) -- Mujer saliendo del psicoanalista (podría ser Juliana) (woman leaving the psychoanalyst [could be Juliana]) / Claire Howard -- Naturaleza muerta resucitando (still life reviving) -- Introduction to the triptych ; Hacia la torre (toward the tower) ; Bordando el manto terrestre (embroidering the earth's mantle) ; La huida (the escape) / Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq -- Chronology / compiled by Alivé Piliado Santana -- Varo's Library -- Catalogue of selected works / compiled by Lara Balikci, with Michelle Mandoki.

"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."-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, July 29-November 27, 2023; in partnership with Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.

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