Papilla Estelar: Remedios Varo
Coming from the Museo Soumaya, Papilla Estelar translates to Star Maker in English. Remedios Varo was exiled out of Spain during the Spanish Civil War and moved to Paris, eventually fleeing to Mexico during World War II. (1) Papilla Estelar features a female seated in a small room that is sucking star stuff into a mill, feeding the processed star stuff to a caged moon. Varo painted Papilla Estelar in 1958 after she fled to Mexico; the art community in Mexico was not welcoming to the European artists. (1) The small space and caged moon creates a sense of being trapped and isolated, perhaps a reflection of how Varo felt in Mexico isolated from her homeland. However, the milled star stuff represents hope and the action of feeding it to the moon is an attempt to transform hope into an opportunity. (2) This painting reminds the viewer of the hope that comes out of trials and that light comes from within and that it is the viewers job to harness it.
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(1) http://www.class.uh.edu/courses/engl3322/nmunoz2/Biography3-entirepage.htm
(2) http://fernandosaldana-artecultura.blogspot.com/2012/12/papilla-estelar-de-remedios-varo.html
(2) http://fernandosaldana-artecultura.blogspot.com/2012/12/papilla-estelar-de-remedios-varo.html