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Remedios Varo and her Art: An Introduction
By Anna Hamling.
Published by The International Journal of the Arts in Society
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| Article: Electronic | $US5.00 |
Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington belong to the same generation of women painters who lived in Mexico and marked the world of surrealism with unprecedented wit, intelligence and imagination. However, Remedios Varo (1908-1963) who was born in Spain, went into exile during Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and established her life in Mexico, is virtually unknown outside that country. Imaginative and beautiful Remedios created themes of travellers, journeys and creatures that inhabit cosmos in her artistic expressions. She was fascinated with mysticism, Sufi philosophy, spiritual journeys, alchemy and scientific discoveries as well as with the notion of surrealism. Her magical personal universe is full of the heart shaped faces, almond shaped eyes and tiny feet that mark her art. The intention of my paper is to ntroduce and analyse Varo’s selected reproductions distinctly from a female perspective of ‘ a new woman.’
| Keywords: | Remedios Varo, Paintin, Surrealism |
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International Journal of the Arts in Society, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp.139-144. Article: Print (Spiral Bound). Article: Electronic (PDF File; 914.013KB).
Dr. Anna Hamling
Senior Teaching Associate (Spanish), Department of Culture and Language Studies, University of New Brunswick Frederiction, Fredericton, NB, Canada