February 2012
21 posts
January 2012
18 posts
In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the US
Dorthea Tanning
LACMA Jan 29 - May 6, 2012
North America represented a place free from European traditions for women Surrealists from the United States and Mexico, and European émigrés. While their male counterparts usually cast women as objects for their delectation, female Surrealists delved into their own subconscious and dreams, creating extraordinary visual images. Their art was primarily about identity: portraits, double portraits, self-referential images, and masquerades that demonstrate their trials and pleasures. The exhibition includes works in a variety of media dating from 1931 to 1968, and some later examples that demonstrate Surrealism’s influence on the feminist movement. Iconic figures such as Louise Bourgeois, Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Lee Miller, Kay Sage, Dorothea Tanning, and Remedios Varo are represented, along with lesser known or newly discovered practitioners.
Conversation: Joan Didion | Blue Nights →
Joan Didion Reads From 'Blue Nights' http
“When we talk about mortality we are talking about our children,” Joan Didion writes in her new memoir, “Blue Nights.”
Alicia Haberman Illustration
New York designer Alicia Haberman’s illustrative work feels like a detailed kaleidoscopic mind trip of girly parts, vines and high school binders.
