Meret Oppenheim
Meret Oppenheim was born 1913 BirthBerlin, Germany.
Died 1985
Categories: Sculpture Objects Surrealism Writing
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Her contributions to the Surrealist Movement, and associations with many members of the group began well before she turned 20 years of age.
For many younger women artists Meret Oppenheim is a rôle-model, because of the way she lived her life and realized her creative freedom.
"For women, the implications are that they have to live their own female life as well as the female life that men project on them. Thus, they are woman times two. That’s too much."
Object. Paris 1936. Fur-covered cup
Förderverein Meret Oppenheim – Steinfrau aus Steinen
Meret Oppenheim ist in der kunstinteressierten Öffentlichkeit als Schweizer Künstlerin bekannt. Doch ihr Elternhaus stand während der prägenden Kinder- und Jugendzeit in der Gemeinde Steinen im Wiesental, wo der Vater als ungemein beliebter Arzt bis 1936 praktizierte…
Meret Oppenheim ist in der kunstinteressierten Öffentlichkeit als Schweizer Künstlerin bekannt. Doch ihr Elternhaus stand während der prägenden Kinder- und Jugendzeit in der Gemeinde Steinen im Wiesental, wo der Vater als ungemein beliebter Arzt bis 1936 praktizierte…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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