SURREALIST TEXTILE OBJECTS: MÉRET OPPENHEIM
Image: Object 1936 (fur-covered cup, saucer and spoon). Image courtesy of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
By Deborah Nash
“Beauty will be erotic-veiled, explosive-fixed, magical-circumstantial, or it will not be at all,” announced the father of Surrealism, André Breton. A Surrealist object that embodies this idea is Méret Oppenheim’s Object 1936. At only 3 inches high, the cup, saucer and teaspoon wrapped in speckled Chinese gazelle fur has an intense presence that goes well beyond size............
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By Deborah Nash
“Beauty will be erotic-veiled, explosive-fixed, magical-circumstantial, or it will not be at all,” announced the father of Surrealism, André Breton. A Surrealist object that embodies this idea is Méret Oppenheim’s Object 1936. At only 3 inches high, the cup, saucer and teaspoon wrapped in speckled Chinese gazelle fur has an intense presence that goes well beyond size............
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We are proud to be a subscriber-funded publication with members in 185 countries. Your support has allowed us to publish interviews, reviews, “what's on” information and long-read articles that we have shared freely online for the last twenty years. Unfortunately, in recent months, we have faced 30% increases in shipping and printing costs and rather than passing these on to our loyal subscribers, we have made the difficult decision to request that you subscribe to access our online content.
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We know our readership is passionate about textiles and so we invite you to help us preserve and promote the stories, memories and histories that cloth tells.
*Please note that we send the password to access the Selvedge online content by email with the publication of each issue. You will also find it on the envelope containing your magazine. Please note the password changes every issue.*