Three Women of Surrealism

[David Kipen]

Mark your calendars:

In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and
the United States*
December 22, 2011-April 22, 2012 (T)
In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and
the United States assumes a new perspective on surrealism, demonstrating
the unique role geography and gender played in this international
movement. North America represented a place free from European traditions
for women surrealists-both native-born U.S. and Mexican citizens as well
as émigrés fleeing war-torn Europe. Unlike their male counterparts who
usually cast women as objects for their delectation and imagination,
female surrealists delved into their own subconscious and dreams. For them
this exploration was one of self-discovery as this new knowledge empowered
and ultimately enabled them to create extraordinary visual images, both
personal and universal. Arranged thematically, approximately 175 works in
a variety of media date from 1931 (the year of Lee Miller's first surreal
photograph) to 1968 (the year that Yayoi Kusama, working in New York City,
presented one of her landmark happenings, "Alice in Wonderland" in Central
Park). A handful of slightly later examples will demonstrate surrealism's
historical overlap and influence on the feminist movement. They will
represent some thirty-five artists, both those who personally associated
with the surrealist movement as well as those who experimented briefly
with its philosophic tenets.
Curators: Ilene Susan Fort, American Art, LACMA, and Teresa Arcq, adjunct curator,
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico
Credit Line: This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA) and the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico (MAM). It was made possible through a
generous grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art.
About LACMA
Since its inception in 1965, LACMA has been devoted to collecting works of art that
span both history and geography-and represent Los Angeles' uniquely diverse
population.


All finest,

David Kipen
Literature Director, National Reading Initiatives
Blog: www.arts.gov/bigreadblog
National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue #722
Washington DC, 20506
Email: kipend at arts.gov and kipend at gmail.com
202-682-5787

P.S. Do me a favor and please get into the habit of sending, or at least cc:ing, your emails to me at kipend at gmail.com. Sorry about this, and thanks.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Mark Kohut
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:55 AM
To: pynchon -l; Dave Monroe
Subject: Re: Three Women of Surrealism

See the words on Toward the Tower and Escape herein---cannot copy---re
Oedipa, fyi.

Great find, Dave.

--- On Mon, 9/21/09, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> Subject: Three Women of Surrealism
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:49 AM
> Three Women of Surrealism: Remedios
> Varo, Leonora Carrington and
> Dorothea Tanning
>
> http://www.radford.edu/rbarris/art428/Women%20of%20Surrealism.pdf
>