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1915

The Phenomenon of Weightlessness, Remedios Varo, 1963.

From { JungCurrents.com }

A man, presumably a scientist, stands in a room with a number of orreries on shelves. One orrery, of the Earth and Moon, has broken free of its base and floats in the air. In addition, the room is duplicated and shown superimposed over the original, but at an angle of 30 degrees. This room is the special theory of relativity made real, or surreal. To depict the so-called Lorentz equations, which are at the heart of Einstein’s revelation, one would draw a standard graph with X and Y axes, and then rotate the graph 30 degrees to show how time and space shift for different states of motion.

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Varo was a genius who didn’t get enough attention.
Shame that the reproductions of this image online are all completely shitty.

jessiebaylin:

Yousuf Karsh, Georgia O’Keeffe, 1956

(via dannnao)

freshphotons:

Photograph of { Barbara McClintock’s } ears of corn (five) and a microscope.

Lee Bontecou
Untitled, 1968
vacuum formed plastic, 21 x 10 x 9 in.
Collection of the artist,
courtesy of Knoedler & Co., New York

via { artnet }

Agnes Denes, Held, 1971

via { TONKONOW } gallery

Vanessa Bell, Abstract Painting, 1914
Oil on Canvas.

“Bell made this remarkable painting in 1914. It was a moment of sharp radicalisation in British avant-garde circles suddenly familiar with Cubism, Futurism and, in the summer before the outbreak of the First World War, the founding of Vorticism with its emphasis on abstraction. Although abstract composition was rare in her output, this demonstrates Bell’s participation in these developments. Her daring command of colour harmonies and simple structures reflect the theory of ‘Significant Form’ promoted by her husband Clive Bell.”

via the { Tate }

Rebecca Horn, Unicorn, 1972

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