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Remedios Varo : science fictions

Title
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.
Publication
  • Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2023]
  • New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2023]

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Additional Authors
  • Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963
  • Haskell, Caitlin
  • Arcq, Teresa
  • Art Institute of Chicago, organizer, host institution.
  • Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico), organizer.
Description
183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 31 cm
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."--
Uniform Title
Remedios Varo (Art Institute of Chicago)
Alternative Title
Science fictions
Subject
  • Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963 > Exhibitions
  • Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963
  • 1900-1999
  • Surrealism > Mexico > Exhibitions
  • Surrealist artists > Mexico > Exhibitions
  • Art, Mexican > 20th century
  • Surrealism
  • Surrealist artists
  • Art, Mexican
  • Mexico
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • 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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Exhibitions (note)
  • 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.
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.
Call Number
JQG 24-298
ISBN
  • 9780300273212
  • 0300273215
LCCN
2023936030
OCLC
1381119969
Title
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.
Publisher
Chicago, IL : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2023]
Distributor
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2023]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Exhibitions
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.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Varo, Remedios, 1908-1963, artist.
Haskell, Caitlin, editor.
Arcq, Teresa, editor.
Art Institute of Chicago, organizer, host institution.
Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico), organizer.
Research Call Number
JQG 24-298
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