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Tag: Surrealists

Postcards in Isolation 19: Sylvia Fein, The Painting Told Me What to Do, 2012

7th August 20208th August 2020  Molly Gilroy

On a trip to Berkeley, California, Molly Gilroy discovered Sylvia Fein’s hypnotic and blazing work, The Painting Told Me What to Do, 2012, an image, which in postcard form, has given her hope during lockdown.

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Posted in Art and design, Arts, GeneralTagged: art, BAMPFA, Berkley, Covid-19, Leonora Carrington, Lockdown Living, Molly Gilroy, Postcards in Isolation, Remedios Varo, Rochelle Roberts, San Francisco, Surrealism, Surrealists, Sylvia Fein, Women surrealists

Postcards in Isolation 4: Dorothea Tanning, Birthday, 1942

2nd May 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

For the fourth piece in her continued series, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Dorothea Tanning’s monumental and transformative self-portrait, Birthday, 1942, and considers the prospect of the end to coronavirus.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: 31 Women, Alyce Mahon, Ann Coxon, Covid-19, Dorothea Tanning, Lilias Wigan, Lund Humphries, Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, Postcards in Isolation, Surrealism, Surrealists, Tate Modern, Victoria Carruthers

Postcards in Isolation 3: Eileen Agar, Angel of Anarchy, 1936-40

20th April 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

In her third piece from a self-conceived series, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Eileen Agar’s Angel of Anarchy, 1936-40, a striking and evocative object that embodies current feelings of sadness, inaccessibility and loneliness.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Angel of Anarchy, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Eileen Agar, Joseph Bard, Lockdown Living, Pallant House, Patricia Allmer, Postcards in Isolation, Surrealism, Surrealists, Tate, Tate Modern

Postcards in Isolation 1: Claude Cahun, Self-Portrait (as weight trainer), 1927

29th March 20202nd May 2020  Rochelle Roberts

During these times of self-isolation and remote learning, visual art can still be a source of inspiration. Here, Rochelle Roberts reflects on Claude Cahun’s notable work, Self-Portrait (as weight trainer).

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Adrian Searle, Barbican Art Gallery, Claude Cahun, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Gillian Wearing, Louise Downie, Marcel Moore, National Portrait Gallery, Pallant House, Postcards in Isolation, Rosalind Krauss, Surrealism, Surrealists
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