Under the orders of the Great Master, they’re embroidering the earth’s mantle, seas, mountains, and living things. Only the girl has woven a ruse in which she is seen beside her beloved.
Remedios Varo’s description of her painting The Embroidering of the Earth’s Mantle (1961). From the collection Letters, Dreams & Other Writings. Translated by Margaret Carson. From Wakefield Press.
Figure with Horn, 2017 by Derek Fordjour (b. 1974)
The Split, 1992 by Alexander Boghossian (1937-2003)
An Arm for an Eye, 2017 by Elizabeth Glaessner (b. 1984)
Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring), 1950 by Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
The Spring Witch, c. 1880 by George Wilson (1848-1890)
The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water, 1937 by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973).
From The Morgan Library & Museum’s exhibition “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth.”
White Cat, 1938 by Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977)
Prismes Electriques, 1914 by Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979)
Le Trajet (The Crossing), 1917 by Romaine Brooks (1874-1970)
Praise Tangled Dreams VIII, 1985 by Albin Brunovsky (1935–1997)
Journey to New Orleans #4, 2015 by Olivier Bonhomme (b. 1986)
Portrait of the Sculptor Vladimir Beklemishev, by Filipp Malyavin (1869-1940)
From Videodrome, 1983. Directed by David Cronenberg with cinematography by Mark Irwin. Via FilmGrab.
Ida Rubinstein,1917 by Romaine Brooks (1874-1970)
Caged Pie, 1962 by Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920)
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