Women Surrealist
Working With Fantasy
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1. What is Surrealism?
2. What are some characteristics of Surrealist art?
3. How does Meret Oppenheim’s Object meet the criteria for Surrealist work?
4. Compare the self-portraits of Frida Kahlo on the cover and page 3 of this issue. Whar are the
similarities?
5. Whose image appears on Kahlo’s forehead in Self-Portrait as a Tehuana?
6. What seems to be happening in Dorothea Tanning’s Guardian Angels?
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7. How has Leonora Carrington depicted herself in her self-portrait?
8. Who is the central figure in Remedios Varo’s Creation of the Birds and what is she doing?
9. How does Kay Sage’s Small Portrait differ from other Surrealist works in this issue?
10. Was Frida Kahlo a part of the European Surrealist movement?
11. How has Kahlo portrayed herself in The Little deer?
12. What Surrealist elements can you find in The Two Fridas
13. In Self-Portrait the Borderline of Mexico and the U.S., how has Kahlo symbolized what she
felt are the differences between the two countries?
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