have you read this book? by janet kaplan, on the life and art of remedios varo. it is very good. so inspiring.
if you have, what do y ou think? i would love to discuss....
if you have, what do y ou think? i would love to discuss....
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Fri, May 28, 2004 - 7:48 PMI have this book, it's wonderful! So many images by Varo in one place! I originally found it in Borders, but they don't seem to carry it anymore, so I checked out Amazon, and they had it and a ton of other interesting books on Surrealism, if only I had lots of money! I thought she did a good job of exploring Varo's life, themes in her work and connections with the surrealists.........
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Wed, June 9, 2004 - 9:15 AMI've read it. I love it it is one of my favorites. I loved Breaking the Viscious Circle, The Lovers, and Embroidering Earth's Mantle. Remedios was so beautiful too.
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Wed, May 25, 2005 - 8:10 AMI haven't read the book but I did some graduate work with Janet Kaplan. She said the Varo wouldn't go out in public and didn't like to be interviewed, later on in her life, because she didn't consider herself beautiful, anymore. -
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Thu, May 24, 2007 - 4:12 AM>> I haven't read the book but I did some graduate work with Janet Kaplan. She said the Varo wouldn't go out in public and didn't like to be interviewed, later on in her life, because she didn't consider herself beautiful, anymore.
According to the book, if I remember correctly, Varo had issues with her self image throughout her adult life. This is, as you'll see if you pick up Kaplan's book, reflected in so many of her paintings in which the women all look like idealized versions of herself, very slender and the nose not quite so 'large'.
One thing (out of many) that impresses me about Varo's paintings is the hands. They're truly remarkable. As a painter myself, I know very well how difficult hands are to paint. But to paint them as lovingly and expressively as she did really requires something not shared by very many painters at all.
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Wed, June 15, 2005 - 10:24 PMi own Unexpected Journeys and it would be great to talk to other women about it. My fave painting of hers is Woman Leaving the Psychoanalyst. and second fav is To Women's Happiness. -
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Fri, June 24, 2005 - 8:49 PMI just unexpectedly found this book at Barnes and Nobles, barely a couple days ago and then I checked out this post about it. Weird coincidence. I definetely look forward to reading it, since I've only recently been introduced to her work...
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Mon, March 6, 2006 - 7:59 PMi own uUnexpected Journeys too. What a LIFE!
I love the Minatour.
Actually her life in Mexico sounded alot like my and my friends lives.
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Mon, March 6, 2006 - 8:16 PMWell, as far as discussion goes....I was just thinking the other day about how much guts it takes an artist to hang a painting on the wall that is bizarre, and stand next to it and take what comes at her!
There are lots of artists who do that...upteen artists, really. But Remedios wasn't trying to shock anyone or make an in-your-face political statement. Additionally, she wasn't trying to make an intellectual statement about line, space and color, per se. I mean, her use of optical illusions twists reality, but her work was psychological and a visual, personal diary for all the world to see.
What guts.
We appreciate her art in the 2000's, for sure, but can you imagine what a person during the 1950's, who is only familiar with pop culture at that time, would say about her paintings?
Leonora Carrington, her best friend and artistic kindred spirit, too!
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Re: unexpected journeys ~ remedios varo
Tue, November 28, 2006 - 8:00 PMI have a book of Remedios Varos work....my friend brought it back from Mexico City for me. But my Spanish is a little rusty. I do get the idea.
I love her work. She was a strong spirit.
-K
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