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ART – looking back at Meret Oppenheim’s “Object”

Perrin Drumm — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:29:46 +0000

I first encountered Meret Oppenheim's "Object" in "The Erotic Object" show at MoMA, a 2009 exhibition of Surrealist sculpture. Many of the usual suspects were on display - Giacometti's "Disagreeable Object," a wooden phallus with three sharp points on the end as well as a few of Hans Bellmer's bulbous, flesh-colored deconstructions of the female reproductive system. But resting on a pedestal right in front was Oppenheim's show-stealing "Object."

ASIA EXTREME: J-Quirk and The New Surrealism

Andrew Grant — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:04:40 +0000

If one were to survey Japanese films that have been distributed in America over the last thirty to forty years, certain patterns would form. Works from the great masters, historical epics, dramas, monster movies and of course horror have certainly been well represented for decades. But one genre that’s severely lacking is comedy. In 1985, Juzo Itami’s noodle-western TAMPOPO became a smash hit, playing to sell-out crowds for months. However, since that time there haven’t been many Japanese comedies to find their way into the cultural zeitgeist, but that’s not for lack of material.

Muzorama

Matthew Rodriguez — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:13:26 +0000

Muzorma “is a short 3D animation film based on the universe of french illustrator Muzo,” and is surrealist mayhem at its finest. There are a lot of more light-hearted moments, such as the snail bike, that made me chuckle. However, keep watching until the very end, where the film concludes on a slightly creepy note. [...]

Alice wonders Burton and Leibovitz

Sundance Channel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:01:23 +0000

As artists continue to draw inspiration from childhood fears and fairy tales, it comes as no surprise that classic stories like Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (more commonly known as Alice in Wonderland) are being tapped. Coming up on the 2010 film lineup is Tim Burton's much anticipated ALICE IN WONDERLAND with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter (who else?), Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, and Anne Hathaway as the White Queen. But Burton is hardly the first to put a unique spin on Carroll's tale. With the first official photographs of WONDERLAND released last week, photographer-extraordinaire Annie Leibovitz's editorial for Vogue US December 2003 have "resurfaced," thanks to the efforts of bloggers everywhere.