Mimi Parent
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Born | Marie Parent September 8, 1924 Montreal, Canada |
Died | June 14, 2005 Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland | (aged 80)
Occupation | Artist |
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Mimi Parent (born Marie Parent; September 8, 1924 – June 14, 2005) was a Canadian
Early life
Marie Parent was born in
Career
In Canada, Parent identified with the Surrealist movement, as well as automatism, and in 1959, she became a member of the Paris Surrealist Group.
Parent was most known for her 3D tableaux boxes. In these boxes, Parent would include figures and elements relating to mythology, folklore, and her unconscious imagination.[7] Parent often incorporated elements of lunar and solar forces, representing masculinity and femininity. Parent was raised in a Catholic household, and her work showed influences of her faith and eroticism.[7] Parent incorporated materials such as human hair, in her art objects.[10] One of her well known pieces Maitresse, 1996, was a whip, with the lash being composed of two braids of her hair.[10]
In 1947, she had her first one-woman exhibition at the Dominion Gallery in Montreal which received praise from Time.[citation needed]
In 1948, she received the
Parent lived and worked in Paris, France and continued creating art in her later years. Following Andre Breton's death and the Paris Surrealist Group's disbandment, Parent went on to create what she referred to as “picture objects”. These included a mix between found objects sculptures and paintings.
References
- ^ "Parent, Mimi". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ISBN 978-2-85944-622-2.
- ISBN 978-1-107-47009-5.
- ISBN 978-3-319-55501-0.
- ^ "Great Works: Maîtresse, 1996, by Mimi Parent" Archived July 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. The Independent, Michael Glover, October 27, 2012
- ^ a b Williamson, Marcus (June 25, 2005). "Mimi Parent, "Incorrigibly wild" Surrealist". The Independent. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "Mimi Parent". The Independent. April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
- ^ a b Rosemont, Penelope (1998). Surrealist Women: an International Anthology. University of Texas Press.
- ^ a b Minissale, Gregory (2013). Psychology of Contemporary Art. Cambridge University Press. pp. 166–174.
- ^ "Mimi Parent, artiste surréaliste" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Le Monde, June 17, 2005.
- ISBN 978-1-85109-411-0.
- ISSN 0048-8593.
- ^ "'Boîte alerte' 1959". Tate. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ "Mimi Parent". www.collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
- ^ "Mimi Parent | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Jean Benoît s'éteint à Paris | René Viau, collaboration spéciale | Arts visuels Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Cyberpresse.ca. Retrieved on February 25, 2011.
External links
- Obituary in Le Monde (France) by Philippe Dagen
- TheExquisiteCorpse: Mimi Parent