Talk:Remedios Varo
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[edit] Remedios Varo Uranga vs. Remedios Varo
I have searched high and low for another example where Remedios Varo is referred to as Remedios Varo Uranga. The only other place I found this usage was at artnet.com, which is not a definitive source. None of the official biographies I have seen use the name Uranga. Uranga was her mother's name, so it is possible for her to be referred to colloquially as Remedios Varo y Uranga, but that is not how she referred to herself, nor was it her official name. Remedios Varo signed her letters and paintings as Remedios Varo. As you can see, here, the name on her passport is Remedios Varo. One of the better known experts on her work, Whitney Chadwick, refers to her only as Remedios Varo in her book, "Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement". I am open to the possibility that Varo reclaimed her mother's name at some point, but I cannot find any evidence of or reference to that fact. If someone knows of such evidence, please contact me and I will put Uranga back at the end of her name. For now, I am removing it.--Axiomatica 23:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I read in "unexpected journeys" by Janet Kaplan and the "reasoned Catalogue" (which covers her entire work, that her name was María de los Remedios Varo y Uranga
"Unexpected Journeys" was originally published in 1988, not 2000. 12.73.220.243 19:47, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
I find this pasage:
"In Mexico, she came under the influence of the primitive art of pre-Columbian cultures"
to be racist. Using the term primitive in reference to native peoples is both false and ofensive. Zigbigadoorlue 06:51, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
The word "primitive" has been removed.--Axiomatica 23:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
