Paper Jacket

Meret Oppenheim’s 1976 artwork titled Paper Jacket exemplifies her enduring engagement with Surrealism, a movement known for its dreamlike and unexpected juxtapositions. As a pioneering figure in this genre, Oppenheim combines inventive technique with conceptual depth, transforming ordinary materials into provocative objects. The piece suggests an exploration of identity and protection through the delicate yet vulnerable notion of a jacket made from paper. While Oppenheim’s work often challenges Figurative conventions, Paper Jacket blends abstraction with subtle references to human form and function, emphasizing texture, fragility, and symbolic resonance.