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Monday, October 8, 2018
Meret Oppenheim's Surrealist Masterpiece: Object (1936)
Meret Oppenheim was only 23 when she created the most iconic object of the Surrealist movement, Object (1936). It was the first work by a woman acquired by MoMA, where it still draws crowds. What is the power of this object? Is it initially beautiful before it becomes disgusting? Or maybe the other way around?
Here's an essay from the NPR website about the story behind this enigmatic object.
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