Meret oppenheim

A Luncheon with Fur The story behind the creation of Object, an ordinary cup, spoon, and saucer wrapped evocatively in gazelle fur, has been told so many times its importance in modernist history transcends the fact it might be apocryphal (of dubious authenticity). The twenty-two year old Basel-born artist, Meret Oppenheim, had been in Paris …

Object (The Luncheon in Fur) 1936 The work's concept originated in a conversation among Oppenheim, Pablo Picasso, and his lover and fellow artist Dora Maar at a Parisian café[4] where the café's social role was discussed,[5] and at which Oppenheim was wearing a fur-covered brass tube bracelet, the pattern of which she sold to the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.[1][6] Picasso had suggested that anything could be covered in fur, and Oppenheim remarked that this would apply to "even this…

Meret Oppenheim "Portrait with Tattoo" 1978 photo: Heinz Günter Meret Oppenheim In a paper jacket she created. 1976 Meret Oppenheim In her...

Brandon Zech on the work of artist Meret Oppenheim, which is on view in a solo exhibition at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas.

A transatlantic survey of surrealits Meret Oppenheim's work will debut at Kunsthaus Bern before travelling to MoMA and the Menil Collection.

EDITORIAL | Meret Oppenheim: Surreal & Unfur-gettable Meret Oppenheim, a name synonymous with the Surrealist movement, was a trailblazer whose work continues to captivate and inspire. Born on October 6, 1913, in Berlin, Germany, Oppenheim’s journey into the world of art was as unconventional as the pieces she created. From a young age, Oppenheim was encouraged by her family to pursue her artistic inclinations. Her father, a German-Jewish doctor, and her maternal grandmother, a Swiss author…

Curated by Heike Eipeldauer It behooves the twenty- first century to look and look again at pioneering assemblagist and feminist provocateuse Meret Oppenheim (1913– 1985). Her famous “Object,” aka Le…

*One of my favorite artists.This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be missing content or contain faulty links. Contact wiredlabs@wired.com to report an issue. *I find it encouraging to contemplate Meret’s career. A mild and pretty Swiss girl who ran off to Paris and became one of the weirdest artists in…