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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haskell, Caitlin, editor.

Arcq, Teresa, editor.

Art Institute of Chicago, organizer, host institution.

Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico), organizer.

Standardized Title:

Remedios Varo (Art Institute of Chicago)

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963--Exhibitions.

Varo, Remedios.

Surrealism--Mexico--Exhibitions.

Surrealism.

Surrealist artists--Mexico--Exhibitions.

Surrealist artists.

Art, Mexican--20th century.

Art, Mexican.

Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963.

Mexico.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

183 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Science fictions

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2023]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780300273212

0300273215

OCLC:

1381119969