COLLECTION 2 - AVANT-GARDE

KALTBLUT
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She developed her unique style
that has made her one of the
most famous painters of the 20th
century. They kept exploring and
studying alchemy, mythology,
magic, geometry and the Kabbalah,
which she all brought into her
work.
During her life time, it was very difficult for
a female artist to be accepted and acknowledged
among her male counterparts. Remedios
clearly accomplished that. However, in
her paintings, she did not try to imitate the
style and theme of male painters. On the
contrary, her portrayal of women is quite
frequently characterized by their distinct
confinement. Often drawing in a self portrait
mode, she emphasizes on the loneliness and
isolation trying to scream out while kept
captive by unknown forces. Her imprisoned
melancholic characters are strikingly in contrast
with the use of “muses” by male surrealists,
a role for women that she completely
detested. As she kept growing, she developed
into one of the most important feminist
painters, beautifully combining her own
androgynous features and their transformations
with mythical creatures and strange
dimensions, always bringing across powerful
messages, always moving within surrealism
and the Avant-Garde.
She died of an unexpected heart attack in
1963, in Mexico City, at the peak of her career,
leaving one unfinished painting behind
in her studio: Still Life Reviving.