Her work is the most offbeat of the shortlisted artists as
it brings in surrealism, comedy and uncompromising sexual imagery.
Not exact matches
The result is an exhibition where variety
in scale, medium, and degree of abstraction is balanced by the strong continuity among all the works — a reliance on automatism, a juxtaposition of unexpected elements and conflicting temporalities, and the presence of organic forms —
bringing to light the profound impact
surrealism had on pre - and post-war American artists.
Bringing together Oursler's ongoing interest
in mysticism, psychedelia, popular culture, and media history, the work employs macabre humor and theatrical
surrealism to reflect on the irrational relationship between belief systems and the authenticity of images.
In their cool surrealism, those paintings can bring to mind the fate of William Golding's «Pincher Martin,» who finds himself marooned on rocks in whose shapes he eventually recognizes those of his own teet
In their cool
surrealism, those paintings can
bring to mind the fate of William Golding's «Pincher Martin,» who finds himself marooned on rocks
in whose shapes he eventually recognizes those of his own teet
in whose shapes he eventually recognizes those of his own teeth.
She founded three of the most important avant - garde galleries of the 20th century: Guggenheim Jeune,
in London's Cork Street, which
brought surrealism to London before the second world war; Art of This Century, which opened
in New York
in 1942 after Peggy's return to the US; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
in Venice - which still houses her personal collection
in the palazzo where she ended her life.