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Haskell, Caitlin; Arcq, Tere

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Caitlin Haskell (Editor), Tere Arcq (Editor)

Remedios Varo: Science Fictions

Note to the Reader

Author

Caitlin Haskell (Editor), Tere Arcq (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100221

Note to the Reader

Unless otherwise noted, all works are by Remedios Varo (Spanish, active Mexico, 1908–1963).

Titles

Titles appear in the original Spanish or French, followed by the English translation.

Dimensions

Dimensions given for works are listed in order of height, width, and depth.

Catalogue Information

Provenance and exhibition history are provided for artworks accompanied by individual essays. Artworks not in the exhibition are identified in the captions. The CR no. included in captions refers to the fourth edition of Ricardo Ovalle and Walter Gruen’s Remedios Varo: Catalogue Raisonné, trans. Susan Beth Kapilian (Mexico City: Ediciones Era, 2008).

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BOOKRemedios Varo: Science Fictions

Caitlin Haskell (Editor), Tere Arcq (Editor)

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100217

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.

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Author

Caitlin Haskell (Editor), Tere Arcq (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Print publication date August 2023 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780300273212

EISBN 9780300282504

Illustrations 164

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