Saturday, May 18, 2024, 3.00pm to 4.00pm EST (Please check your own time zone).

The ISSS invites you to a virtual talk with Hazel Florez on Surrealism and the Tarot.

Register for the event here.

This illustrated zoom talk will cover a brief survey of the history of the tarot and its influence across a range of artistic expression. It will explore the impact of the tarot in the works of several Surrealist artists. Although a number of painters made separate tarot decks of their own, this talk will offer an exploration of where the imagery of the arcana has played an influential role in the creation of specific paintings and sculptures. The talk will look at a tarot influence in the work of artists such as Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Ithell Colquhoun, Bridget Tichenor, Enrique Chavarria, Salvador Dali, Nikki de Saint Phalle to name a few. It will also look at its role in more recent contemporary conjurings of the milieu- from fashion, photography, music to perfume. Finally, Hazel Florez will introduce a few images from her own interdisciplinary tarot-based project.

For more information on Hazel Florez, visit her website here.