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![]() ![]() Remedios was an avid reader of the Middle Ages Literature where the mythic, the sacred, the magical and the supernatural existed as everyday happenings. ![]() Varo was the pioneer of feminist surrealism, even if she did not consider herself a surrealist her work not only involved the altered states of the oniric, but also a quest into an imaginary and concious condition. The strange mystic Mexican syncretism between the profane and the sacred, the inhabitants' surrealist way of living and the unique ironic and ritualistic manifestations of dual identities and meanings, certainly captured her in the same way Andre Bretón was captured during his visit years before. A Spanish exile of the civil war, Varo came to Mexico during the early forties and lived there for the remainder of her life. ![]()
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