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May 8, 2024 · Claude Cahun (born October 25, 1894, Nantes, France—died December 8, 1954, St. Helier, Jersey) was a French writer, photographer, Surrealist, and performance artist who was largely written out of art history until the late 1980s, when her photographs were included in an exhibition of Surrealist photography in 1986. She is known for her self ...
Claude Cahun ( French pronunciation: [klod ka.œ̃], born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob; 25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French surrealist photographer, sculptor, and writer. Schwob adopted the pseudonym Claude Cahun in 1914. Cahun is best known as a writer and self-portraitist, who assumed a variety of performative personae.
Apr 28, 2015 · A selection of Cahun's photographs are on display in Magic Mirror at Bow Arts, and within the exhibition, contemporary film artist Sarah Pucill restages a number of Cahun's photographs. She uses Cahun's Aveux non avenus (Disavowals) as the source text for a 75-minute black and white film piece that mirrors the disjointed sequences of the book ...
Claude Cahun (25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954), born Lucy Renee Mathilde Schwob, was a French photographer, sculptor and writer. Schwob adopted the gender-ambiguous name Claude Cahun in 1917 and is best known for self-portraits, in which she assumed a variety of personae. Cahun's work was both political and personal, and often undermined ...
Oct 31, 2021 · Claude Cahun’s main body of work features herself as the subject of numerous “autoportraits.” The opening photo shows Claude’s self-portraiture over a period of 27 years. Top row, L-R, the photos were made in these years respectively: 1929, 1932, 1920, 1945.
Jun 22, 2023 · Writer and Journalist. Although photography was clearly a much-loved artistic outlet, Claude Cahun was also a writer, a journalist, an essayist, a poet, and a sculptor. They worked in theatre and participated in several Surrealist exhibitions in London and Paris. Perhaps their most famous literary work was Disavowels, published in 1930.
Nov 29, 2020 · Photography and the Surreal Imagination is curated by Natalie Dupêcher, Assistant Curator of Modern Art, and will coincide with the FotoFest Biennial 2020. It will be installed adjacent to the Menil’s Surrealism galleries. This exhibition is generously supported by the City of Houston. Video Walk Through, Photography and the Surreal Imagination.
