Tag Archives: Elizabeth Murray

somebody’s baby

The Surrealist movement was founded in Paris by a small group of writers and artists who sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination. Disdaining rationalism and literary realism, and extensively influenced by … Continue reading

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kahlo: sensuous transmutation and visionary longing

Undaunted. Defiant. Frida Kahlo is the textbook case of suffering for her art and transforming that suffering into art. Still, after all these years, her reputation seems to absorb new strands of thought which only augment the interest and intrigue … Continue reading

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HENRI SCISSORHANDS

It was the final flowering of Henri Matisse. He was ever simplifying, ever synthesizing, acting younger at eighty than he was at thirty. He sat in his wheel chair and put aside paintbrush for scissors, filling his sunset years with … Continue reading

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