Tag: Surrealist Art
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Anasplasmosis: what we can learn from Lam’s surrealistic animalarium
José de la Fuente Ciudad Real, Spain Figure 1. Wilfredo Lam. Untitled. Ink drawing on paper, 1947 KGJ Collection, Spain Figure 2. Wilfredo Lam. Untitled. Pastel on paper, 1970. KGJ Collection, Spain Figure 3. Wilfredo Lam and Samuel Feijoo. Conversaciones. Ink on paper, 1981. KGJ Collection, Spain Epidemiology and art have met several times,…
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Surrealist art and the resolution of absurd
Simon Wein Petach Tikvah, Israel Epigram “There must be a clear preoccupation with death—intimations of mortality . . . Tragic art, romantic art, etc., deals with the knowledge of death.” Mark Rothko, 1958, The Pratt Institute, on the function of art The Problem Fear of death permeates medical practice despite our best efforts…