This is what I spent a year of my life researching. My undergraduate thesis was on female Surrealist artists and their explorations of women's roles. I think it still might be the best thing that I've done and the most impressive. Therefore I could write an essay on this painting right now. Instead I want to point out my major observation of the female Surrealists depictions of domesticity. These works are limiting and empowering for women. As she feeds her moon-child, she is trapped in a tower with no visible escape. But, through doing her maternal duty she is connected to the universe and the cosmos in a way that only she can be. It's a very powerful painting and one that shows the complex relationship to women's roles that Varo was exploring.This is my passion. I want to study women looking at women and commenting on our suggested positions within the patriarchal society.
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