Isamu Noguchi, Biomorphic Art and Design
Isamu Noguchi, Trinity, 1945, Gregory , 1948, Strange Bird (To the Sunflower) Photo taken from the Hirshhorn's Facebook page Biomorphic and anthropomorph…
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Louise Bourgeois, Abstraction and Archetypes in Modern Sculpture
"Contemporary and ancient art are like oil and water, seemingly opposite poles....now I have found the two melding ineffably into one, more like water and…
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The Magic or Remedios Varo
Since going to the Miró exhibition recently, I've been reminded of Remedios Varo. In 2000, I discovered this marvelous Surrealist in an exhibition devoted…
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Miró: Ladders of Escape
Joan Miró, Nocturne , 1935, is a small oil on copper from the Cleveland Museum of Art. A jumping man, crescent moon and spiral suggest the artist ability to l…
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Arcimboldo, Part III: A Surrealist Before his Time
I have often thought the Mannerist style of late Renaissance art had a lot in common with the Surrealism of the 20th century. After viewing the National Galle…
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