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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963, artist.
- 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.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages) : 164 illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
- 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"--Distributor's description.
- Contents:
- Spirit, Matter, Story, Soul / Caitlin Haskell and Tere Arcq
- Taxonomy of Techniques / Mary Broadway and Katrina Rush
- Ciencia in︢til, o El alquimista (Useless Science, or The Alchemist) / Katrina Rush
- Roulotte (Caravan)
- M︢sica solar (Solar Music) / Claire Howard
- Armon̕a (Harmony) / Lara Balikci
- Presencia inquietante (Disturbing Presence)
- Mimetismo (Mimesis)
- Creaci̤n de los aves (Creation of the Birds) / Brenda J. Caro Cocotle
- El jugar (El malabarista) (The Juggler [The Magician]) / Mary Broadway
- Carta de tarot (Tarot Card)
- Hallazgo (Discovery) / Alex Zivkovic
- Vuelo m̀gico (Magic Flight)
- El flautista (The Flutist) / Katrina Rush
- Nave astral (Starship) / Brenda J. Caro Cocotle
- Simpat̕a (Sympathy)
- Cazadora de astros (Star Catcher) / Mary Broadway
- Nacer de nuevo (To Be Reborn) / Aliv̌ Piliado Santana
- Exploraci̤n de las fuentes del r̕o Orinoco (Exploration of the Sources of the Orinoco River) / Alex Zivkovic
- Tauro (Taurus)
- Homo Rodans / Lara Balikci
- Homo Rodans (Manuscript)
- Vagabundo (Vagabond) / Aliv̌ Piliado Santana
- La llamada (The Call)
- Mujer saliendo del psicoanalista (Podr̕a 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 Aliv̌ Piliado Santana
- Varo's Library
- Catalogue of Selected Works / compiled by Lara Balikci, with Michelle Mandoki.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, July 29 to November 27, 2023, in partnership with Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on October 21, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780300282504
- 0300282508
- OCLC:
- 1463099177
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