Word: surrealisme
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MATT A-lolas, 15 East 55th. Chile-born, Paris-based Matta was a bright young acolyte in surrealism's heyday, but that label is too limiting for his talents. The variety of this excellent show proves that he is not to be confined by it. There are huge new...
ANDRÉMASSON-Saidenberg, 1035 Madison Ave. at 79th. This retrospective dates from 1923 to 1962. The works trek from cubism to surrealism, imitating Picasso among others, finally arrive at some of the most spirited and sophisticated lines in current painting. Through March 8.
His biggest stabile yet, Teodelapio, Duke of Spoleto, created for the 1962 Spoleto Festival, weighs 30 tons, looms 59 ft. high, and could only be assembled for the festival with the help of shipyard cranes in Genoa. Calder's first, more sylphlike stabile was created in 1931 when he...
What Pollock missed in logic, he made up in intuition. Surrealism excited him in its reliance on the unconscious, and he underwent Jungian analysis in 1939 to unearth the middens of mythology stored in his mind.
As usual, they were dillies, a superbly executed potpourri inspired by Bali's antic muse. There were subtle pencil drawings of nudes, erotic washes produced by the inky wiggling of a live baby octopus, fiery battle scenes with paint laid on thick enough to thrill a pastry chef. Of...