Meret Oppenheim
Acting
Biography
Meret Elisabeth Oppenheim was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer. Oppenheim was a member of the Surrealist movement along with André Breton, Luis Buñuel, Max Ernst, and other writers and visual artists.
Known For
A Surrealist on her own Path" - Far more than the furry cup that made her famous is part of the oeuvre of Meret Oppenheim. The documentary presents the multi-faceted work and the brightly colorful life of the great artist and muse of the surrealists, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday on 6 October 2013.
Meret Oppenheim - Eine Surrealistin auf eigenen Wegen
Short black and white surrealist film from Man Ray starring himself and Meret Oppenheim.
Poison
The film creates a portrait of this major Swiss artist through an organic, poetic presentation of themes that dominated her life and her art: transformation, creative crisis, trust in the unconscious, her creative process, dualism, nature, the playful and the role of women.