Zurn industries, llc specification drainage operation 1801 pittsburgh ave. Unica zurn auction price results unica zurn 19161970. Unica zurn 6 july 1916 19 october 1970 was a german author and artist. The story is about a young german girl who commits suicide. In 1970, unica zurn, the companion and lover of the surrealist artist hans bellmer, threw herself from the sixth floor window of their apartment in paris. This thesis examines unica zurns china ink drawings with. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, german writer and artist unica zurn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material within psychiatric. All interested editors are invited to join the project and. Zurn s familiarity with surrealist conceptions of the. Dark spring is the story of a young girls simultaneous introduction to sexuality and mental illness, revealing a different aspect of the mad love so romanticized by the predominantly male surrealists.
In fact, its my theory that quite the opposite is occurring. This article is within the scope of wikiproject biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize wikipedias articles about people. Even better than her semiautobiographical tale of almostpreteenangst, dark spring, unica zurn s more overtly autiobiographical account of her years of battling what seems like a kind of. The poet was tangentially connected to the circle of friends and artists that orbited unica zurn, a largely forgotten german surrealist writer and. Ernst 225 request the physical item to view in our reading room. Pdf the undoing of unica zurn and hans bellmer kristin. Log in or create account to view price data lot 676. The bulk of her relatively small artistic output was created during zurns relationship. Such ties are revealed in this edgy exhibition of more than 50 works dedicated to the 15 years of collaborative effort between hans bellmer and unica. Annie godfrey larmon is an assistant editor of artforum. Zurn is remembered for her works of anagram poetry and automatic drawing and for her photographic collaborations with hans bellmer. Dark spring is an autobiographical comingofage novel that reads more like an exorcism than a memoir. An exhibition of bellmer and zurns work took place at the ubu gallery in new york city in the spring of 2012. A more appropriate title for this show could be ties that bindeither by destiny or, to be more vulgar, by rope.
Zurn z539 1214 311mm diameter top drain, duracoated cast iron deep sump body with bottom outlet, seepage pan and combination membrane flashing clamp and. From the mid1930s, zurn worked as an archivist, editor and artistic advisor at. As examined in accordance with dark spring, zurn believed men to be creators. Untitled, of zurns first projective test is significant as it predates almost the entirety of her body of work in drawingthat is, it was administered. Her mother was helene pauline heerdt, and her father was ralph zurn, a writer and editor and cavalry officer who was stationed in africa. Both an accomplished author and artist, zurn remains best known as the companion of the german surrealist, hans bellmer, with whom she was involved for 17 years until her suicide in 1970. Introduced in the environment of french surrealism by hans bellmer, she could not fail to convey, in his art, the anxiety and the suffering. In doing so, it creates a surreal landscape and a language that is startlingly new, demanding that the reader be willing to risk being an outsidereven if for a little whileif she wants to participate in zurn. Neil and joanna berman ahlberg, drawing papers 86 new york, ny. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. With bellmers encouragement, zurn began to experiment with automatic.
See more ideas about automatic drawing, drawings and artist. Surrealist artist and writer unica zurn serves as the inspiration for this fragmentary and illusory video. It has a bit of masturbation, incest and the writers own. Zurn industries, llc specification drainage operation 1801 pittsburgh avenue, erie, pa u. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. Unica zurn, the trumpets of jericho, translated by christina svendsen wakefield press according to the bible story, the walls of the city of jericho fell after the israelite army blew their trumpets. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The feminist surrealism of unica zurns outsider art 3. This page was last edited on 30 august 2019, at 19. Introduced in the environment of french surrealism by hans bellmer, she could not fail to convey, in his art, the. Paris until she is locked up in an asylum zurn was seen as the authentic voice of madness. In it author unica zurn traces the roots of her obsessions. Annie godfrey larmon on unica zurns trumpets of jericho artforum.
Zurn was the longtime companion of hans bellmer and collaborated with him on a wellknown series. The poet was tangentially connected to the circle of friends and artists that orbited unica zurn, a. Rilke wrote that it is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. Zurn z539 1214 311mm diameter top drain, duracoated cast iron deep sump body with bottom outlet, seepage pan and combination membrane flashing clamp and frame for sediment bucket and heavyduty slotted grate.
Artforum international unica zurn may 2005 elizabeth schambelan pdf. The stress of bringing the unconscious and past to the forefront in their art and relationship helped unica zurn and hans bellmer to fall into fragmentation and disintegration which ultimately led to death. So surrealist artist unica zurn weaves a material backdrop for her slender but gutting 1968 novella about. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Press the trumpets of jericho is a challenging text that places the reader where zurn wants them to beboth inside and outside of the female psyche.
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