Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo
Cultural Complexes and the Redemptive Power of the Abjected Feminine
- 246 pages
- English
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Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo
Cultural Complexes and the Redemptive Power of the Abjected Feminine
About this book
Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo offers a depth psychological analysis of the art and life of Remedios Varo, a Spanish surrealist painter. The book uses Varo's paintings in a revolutionary way: to critique the patriarchal underpinnings of Jungian psychology, alchemy, and Surrealism, illuminating how Varo used painting to address cultural complexes that silence female expression.
The book focuses on how the practice of alchemical psychology, through the power of imagination and the archetypal Feminine, can lead to healing and transformation for individuals and culture. Alchemy, Jung, and Remedios Varo offers the first in-depth psychological treatment of the role alchemy played in the friendship between Varo and Leonora Carrington—a connection that led to paintings that protest the pitfalls of patriarchy.
This unique book will be of great interest for academics, scholars, and post-graduate students in the fields of analytical psychology, art history, Surrealism, cultural criticism, and Jungian studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Prelude: Preparing the canvas
- Part I The death of Remedios Varo and the science of all things
- Part II Mystical sisters: Varo, Carrington, the eternal Feminine, and the unmaking of patriarchy
- Part III Symbols of transformation: The golden key, the black door, and the inestimable value of the living third thing
- Index