UNEXPECTED JOURNEYS: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo [Hardcover]

Janet A. Kaplan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Abbeville Press; 1st edition (September 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896597970
• ISBN-13: 978-0896597976
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,489,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine book on underrated female surrealist., November 5, 1998

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This review is from: UNEXPECTED JOURNEYS: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo (Hardcover)

This book is quite good, and to my knowledge, the only one available covering Varo's work. As such, it is essential for her devotees, and even to some extent, for fans of surrealism. Both Varo and her fellow artist Leonora Carrington, (whose works are thematically and technically very similar) deserve wider appreciation. It is, however, excessive to award the book five stars. The reader might compare it to Druick's "Redon", which, with its simultaneously wide-ranging and penetrating scholarship and analysis, and luminous reproductions epitomizes a five-star art book. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed Kaplan's book.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life., August 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: UNEXPECTED JOURNEYS: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo (Hardcover)

Unexpected Journeys is one of my all-time favorite books. Not only did it give me the opportunity to connect with Remedios Varo, but it expanded my understanding of surrealism, and feminism. The prints are amazing. I couldn't put it down. Thoroughly informative. Kaplan displays rare insight.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an amazing portrait of a wonderful artist., August 31, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: UNEXPECTED JOURNEYS: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo (Hardcover)

This book is a must for all Varo fans as well as fans of surrealism and the surrealist movement. It is well researched and well written. Having been exposed to her work through an advertisement and buying this book to learn more about her, I highly reccommend this. I have read many bio's and this one has magnificent reproductions of her artwork throughout as well as photographs of the artist herself