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"Varo was interested in Russian mystics Giurdzhiev & Ouspenskii, who developed a theory of enlightenment that posited that people are born asleep and go through life as hypnotic automatons unless they activate their consciousnesses by becoming enlightened" https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/27 https://twitter.com/artistvaro/status/1153490732008837122
Astonishing: "One of the things that's particularly special about this painting is that the face of the magician or juggler is painted on a five-sided piece of inlaid mother of pearl."
One more: "One of the exercises that Varo practiced was staring at a single object for eight hours—not your phone—and seeing what you could notice. If you stare at something long enough, that intense power of observation makes the world become strange or magical or dreamlike."
I adore this: Remedios Varo's "The Fern Cat." Also a photo of the artist herself.
I just read that a recently concluded exhibition of her paintings at Mexico City's Museo de Arte Moderno was called "Adictos a Remedios Varo." So easy to see why. What enthralling worlds she made.
I just read that a recently concluded exhibition of her paintings at Mexico City's Museo de Arte Moderno was called "Adictos a Remedios Varo." So easy to see why. What enthralling worlds she made.
