Meret Oppenheim Retrospective

$60.00
Shipping costs will be calculated at checkout

This title is out of stock.


Texts by: Elisabeth Bronfen, Heike Eipeldauer, Christiane Meyer-Thoss, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Matthias Frehner, Dr. Isabel Schulz, Lisa Wenger u.a., VALIE EXPORT Graphic Design: Susi Klocker Edited by: Heike Eipeldauer, Dr. Ingried Brugger, Prof. Gereon Sievernich English 2013, 312 Pages, 264 Ills. Hardcover with marker ribbon 277mm x 218mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-3511-7
| Extensive monograph celebrating the 100th birthday of the key representative of French Surrealism



Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985) is one of the twentieth century’s most important and unconventional artists. With Breakfast in Fur (1936), a teacup covered in fur, the young woman became a legend and key protagonist of French Surrealism. Her multifaceted, independent oeuvre includes painting, sculpture, poetry, and design, and avoids any sort of stylistic categorization or strict lines of development. Themes determine her artistic work: the transformation of the genders, of man and animal, nature and culture, reality and imagination; dreams, myths, games, and literary material, such as the writings of C. G. Jung, serve as sources of inspiration. The publication illuminates her diverse body of work in an international context and demonstrates the remarkable influence this fascinating personality had on later generations of artists, for instance as a feminist role model.(German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-351-3510-0)

 

 

Exhibition schedule: Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, March 21–July 14, 2013 | Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, August 16–December 1, 2013

 

»Thoughtfully argued and theoretically astute thematic essays provide in-depth studies of fundamental issues in Oppenheim's oeuvre.«

Enclave Review