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by Rowan Johnson
SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing

Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne, Centaure (Moyen), 1995, Gilt bronze. Courtesy of Private Collection

Claude Lalanne:

Born Claude Dupeux on November 28, 1925, Claude Lalanne was the second part of the artistic duo Les Lalanne with her husband Francois-Xavier Lalanne. Like her husband, Claude Lalanne had a love for the offbeat, representational, and quirky. Known primarily as a sculptor, she also dabbled in jewelry making. Using an electroplating technique, foliage from her garden would be embellished with a fine copper coating and used as pendants.

With abstraction dominating the art world during the time of her career, both members of Les Lalanne had a hard time gaining traction with their work. Claude Lalanne’s work in particular usually had utilitarian purposes, as she felt that artists and artisans were one and the same. Yves Saint Laurent was an early sponsor of Les Lalanne’s work, using Claude Lalanne’s work in gown designs.

Learn more about the eccentric art of Claude Lalanne with the link below, and see the sculpture Centaure by Les Lalanne in the Entry Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/claude-lalanne-dead.html 
Remedios Varo, A mi amigo Agustin Lazo, 1945, Gouache on paper, 
 Courtesy of Private Collection

Remedios Varo

Also in the Entry Gallery is Remedios Varo’s piece A mi amigo Agustín Lazo. Varo was born in Northeast Spain in 1908, and was heavily influenced by the magical and fantastical. Her work was a captivating blend of Renaissance and Surrealist movements. She also leaned into her Universalist upbringing and status as a political refugee, pulling symbolism from everywhere she went as inspiration for her work.

While she spent a lot of time in exile in France, she created most of her work in Mexico. The work he created here often uplifted the feminine, something she felt she couldn’t do among her male peers in France. She is recognized as one of the most prominent women painters of the Mexican surrealist movement along with Frida Kahlo and Leonora Carrington.

Learn more about Remedios Varo in the link below, and stop by the Schneider Museum of Art to see her work in person today.

https://www.artnews.com/feature/who-is-remedios-varo-and-why-is-she-important-1234574762/ 
Sean Starwars, Bertha the Clown’s Day Off, 2002, Woodcut and Color, Courtesy of Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Sean Starwars

With bold colors and distinct shading and line work, Sean Starwars is an artist that uses woodcut prints to create loud, graphic prints. The Mississippi based artist relies on instinct to create his works, stating "I don't slow down to make perfect drawings or finesse my color registration…my primary concern is to create a strong visual infused with a sense of satirical humor”.

While the approach sounds impulsive, there is definitely a great amount of skill and thought put into each carving. He is currently working on his most challenging project yet, which involves making a woodcut a week. Visit Sean Starwars’ cite with the link below, and come explore his work in the Treehaven Gallery of the Schneider Museum of Art as part of the ongoing exhibition Pushing the Press.

https://www.seanstarwars.com/  
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