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Remedios Varo
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(Or scroll down for images and details. Lenin is a participant in the eBay (EPN) affiliate program) The total overall size is an impressively large 20 x 24 inches with the image size 16 x 20 inches on the finest grade artist canvas available. There is a white border around the image, so it can either be board/dry mounted or stretched with standard OR gallery canvas bars. Your canvas will be rolled in tissue paper and sent in a strong cardboard tube with both top and bottom tightly secured. Unstretched.
More: This and other Remedios Varo canvas prints are available @ ebay.com (direct link to Remedios Varo canvas prints) - not sure if those on offer are official or unofficial prints so please check with seller (Lenin is a participant in the eBay (EPN) affiliate program) Remedios Varo’s Invocación is a mesmerizing example of the artist’s ability to transform mystical ideas and symbolic ritual into deeply atmospheric visual poetry. Created during the mature period of her career, the work reflects Varo’s lifelong fascination with hidden knowledge, spiritual transformation and the invisible forces that seem to shape both the inner and outer worlds. The title itself — Invocación, meaning “Invocation” — immediately suggests ceremony, summoning and contact with unseen realms. Throughout her work, Varo repeatedly explored acts of spiritual inquiry and metaphysical communication. Her figures often appear engaged in mysterious processes that blur the boundaries between science, magic, alchemy and dream. In this extraordinary composition, Varo creates an environment that feels simultaneously intimate and cosmic. Enclosed interiors, strange instruments and carefully orchestrated gestures combine to form a symbolic theatre in which every object appears charged with hidden significance. Her paintings rarely offer direct explanations; instead, they invite the viewer into a state of contemplation where meaning unfolds gradually through atmosphere and association. Varo’s technical mastery is central to the power of the image. Her background in technical drawing allowed her to construct fantastical worlds with remarkable precision and credibility. The delicate textures, architectural structures and luminous surfaces all contribute to the uncanny feeling that this impossible vision obeys its own secret laws. Like many of Varo’s finest works, Invocación exists at the intersection of Surrealism and esoteric philosophy. Influences ranging from medieval mysticism and Renaissance art to Jungian psychology and occult symbolism can be sensed beneath the surface of the composition. Yet despite these influences, the painting remains entirely personal — part of the unique symbolic universe Varo created over the course of her career. Born in Spain in 1908 and later exiled to Mexico after the upheavals of war in Europe, Varo developed her mature style within the vibrant artistic and intellectual circles of Mexico City. Her paintings from this period are now regarded among the most original and intellectually compelling works associated with twentieth-century Surrealism. Invocación continues to fascinate because it evokes something beyond ordinary narrative. The painting feels less like a scene being observed than a ritual being witnessed — a fleeting glimpse into a hidden dimension where imagination, spirituality and transformation become inseparable. This giclee on canvas print beautifully preserves the rich detail, luminous atmosphere and symbolic intensity of Varo’s original work, making it a striking piece for collectors and admirers of visionary Surrealist art. No Longer Available More: This and other Remedios Varo canvas prints are available @ ebay.com (direct link to Remedios Varo canvas prints) - not sure if those on offer are official or unofficial prints so please check with seller Ultimate Reading |
