In addition to her fur bracelet of the 1930s, Meret Oppenheim also produced a similar fur ring in 1978. Like the bracelet, this ring brings about an unexpected juxtaposition of materials. She boldly explored the haptic qualities, sensual connotations, and potential absurdity of these combinations. The ring demonstrates both her ludic creativity and her penetrating awareness of women’s ‘decorative’ role in society, a role she frequently challenged through such subversive pieces.
Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) was an artist like no other. She found early fame with the Surrealists, but she would transcend that group to become one of the most important Swiss cultural figures of the 20th century…
