JIM AMARAL: THE POETICS OF UNCERTAINTY, SEX AND SURREALISM N o t e s . Fernando Pessoa, e Book of Disquiet. London: Penguin Books, , p. . . Sanchez was the name of his therapist and he and Amaral were also good friends at the time. . Jim Amaral not only liked Cocteau’s drawings but was particularly impressed by his play, e Infernal Machine, based on the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus. . Jim Amaral spent , - , and - living in Paris. After that time it became financially impossible to maintain living and working spaces in both France and Colombia and he had to return to living full-time in Bogotá. . For example, Amaral was exhibited on number occasions at the Albert Loeb Gallery, known for showing surrealist work. A exhibition of his drawings there was reviewed by no less than the surrealist poet André Pieyre de Mandriargues. . Published in , this novella uses the eye in an ever increasingly violent and perverse series of sexual encounters. . ese works engage with contemporary theoretical projects that seek to problematize stale old ideas about gender in general and masculinity in particular. Amaral presents to the viewer a smorgasbord of possibilities and instead of having to select one sexual identity over another one can decide to experiment with several. . It is interesting to note that Jim Amaral’s son, Diego, is an avid collector of wild orchids from age twelve. . Alyce Mahon, Surrealism and the Politics of Eros, - , London: ames and Hudson, , page . . Speaking of this work Bourgeois commented “Oh, the question of male and female? —well, the fact is that the interpretation is the privilege of the viewer. And you will be amazed to see that some people see this as a male appendage. Well, it’s not to my intention or even my opinion.” Louise Bourgeois Archive T . . e exhibition was organized by Samantha Friedman, Curatorial Assistant, with Jodi Hauptman, Curator, Department of Drawings, e Museum of Modern Art. Emily Colucci, writing for the on-line art journal Hyperallergic commented “I was surprised to find that the most exciting, invigorating and generally mind-blowing exhibition at MoMA right how is Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration , a small drawing show on the third floor.” (March , ). . Aladdin Sane was the sixth album put out by David Bowie in . e cover featured Bowie with a lightening bolt across his face and this became an emblem for the openly bisexual musician’s call to youth to release their rigid attitudes about sexuality in general and masculinity in particular. . Fernando Pessoa, e Book of Disquiet. London: Penguin Books, , p. . ◀  .