Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition

(Hardback)

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Published in conjunction with an internationally touring retrospective exhibition on the full scope of Meret Oppenheim's long and diverse career, the first such exhibition in the United States, this publication surveys work from the artist's precocious debut in 1930s Paris, the period during which her notorious fur-lined Object in MoMA's collection was made, through her post-World War II artistic development, which included engagements with international Pop, Minimalism, and Conceptual art, and up to her death in 1985. Essays by curators from Kunstmuseum Bern, The Menil Collection, and The Museum of Modern Art critically examine the artist's active role in shaping the narrative of her life and art, providing the context for her pre- and post-World War II oeuvre.

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Certainly proves the artist's versatility and changeability.--Ted Loos "The New York Times"
Makes a persuasive case for Oppenheim as more than just a Surrealist wunderkind...She also had a wonderful sense of humor, a sharp eye for color, and the good sense not to fade into obscurity after her early success.--Marley Marius "Vogue"
Proves the Surrealist to be an artist of endless creativity and incredible versatility who drew, painted, and sculpted in a wide range of media and materials.--Sarah Cascone "Artnet"
She maintained an unusual gift -- exemplified by "Object" -- for simply putting unlikely things together in convincing, somewhat unsettling ways. They could be anything -- found objects, materials, mediums, motifs or styles. These conjoinings were always aided by a meticulous sense of craft...--Roberta Smith "The New York Times"
Offers new scholarly perspectives and a rich body of imagery (more than 160 plates), assuring that the artist's renown will go beyond Object affording and the greatest pleasure for the reader.--Barbara Stehle "Women's Art Journal"
Meret Oppenheim's quasi-functional Surrealist objects violate quotidian logics in uncanny ways.--Emily Watlington "Art In America"

Author Bio

Nina Zimmer is the Director of the Kunstmuseum Bern. Natalie Dupcher is Assistant Curator of Modern Art at The Menil Collection, TX. Anne Umland is The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Lee Coln is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA.