Mimi Parent

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Mimi Parent was a Canadian-born surrealist artist known for her intricate, often erotic reliefs and box constructions, and for her active participation in the postwar Paris surrealist movement.

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Mimi Parent canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
surrealist artist
activeIn Paris surrealist group
artisticTechnique assemblage
box construction
relief
countryOfBirth Canada
countryOfCitizenship Canada
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1924-09-08
dateOfDeath 2005-06-14
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
familyName Parent
fieldOfWork box constructions
erotic art
relief sculpture
surrealist art
genre erotic art
surrealist object
givenName Mimi
hasWorkInCollection Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou
linked to: Centre Pompidou

National Gallery of Canada
influencedBy André Breton
Marcel Duchamp
Max Ernst
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf Surrealist movement in Paris
movement Surrealism
postwar Paris surrealist movement
notableFor active participation in postwar Paris surrealist movement
box constructions
intricate erotic reliefs
notableWork La Belle et la Bête
La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires même (variant box construction)
L’Indésirable
participatedIn Exposition internationale du surréalisme (1959) in Paris
Surrealist exhibitions in Paris in the 1950s
placeOfBirth Montreal
placeOfDeath Paris
residence Montreal
Paris
sexOrGender female
spouse Jean Benoît
workLocation Paris

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Les Automatistes hasMember Mimi Parent