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Now available in paperback, this book remains the definitive survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011).
Carrington burst onto the Surrealist scene in 1936, when, as a precocious nineteen-year-old debutante, she escaped the stultifying demands of her wealthy English family by running away to Paris with her lover Max Ernst. She was immediately championed by Andre Breton, who responded enthusiastically to her fantastical, dark and satirical writing style and her interest in fairy tales and the occult. Her stories were included in Surrealist publications, and her paintings in the Surrealists' exhibitions.
After the dramas and tragic separations of the Second World War, Carrington ended up in the 1940s as part of the circle of Surrealist European emigres living in Mexico City. Close friends with Luis Bunuel, Benjamin Peret, Octavio Paz and a host of both expatriate Surrealists and Mexican modernists, Carrington was at the centre of Mexican cultural life, while still maintaining her European connections.
Leonora Carrington Surrealism, Alchemy and Art provides a fascinating overview of this intriguing artist's rich body of work. The author considers Carrington's preoccupation with alchemy and the occult, and explores the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production.
Read Leonora Carrington Surrealism Alchemy and Art Susan Aberth 0884226660664 Books
"Beautiful prints of Leonora Carrington's paintings and drawings as well as interesting account of her life. Much better quality book (the color prints) than I expected."
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Leonora Carrington Surrealism Alchemy and Art Susan Aberth 0884226660664 Books Reviews
- This is one of only two books in English that I know of devoted to Leonora Carrington, a fantastic (in all senses) Surrealist artist and writer who was born in England but did most of her work in Mexico. If you like fantasy/surrealist art and don’t know Carrington’s work, or do know it but have only seen a few examples, I strongly recommend that you purchase this book immediately.
I want to praise Susan Aberth and her publisher as well as Carrington, however this book is everything I think an art book should be—and that too few of them are. The photographs of the art are clear, numerous, mostly full page, and all in vivid color (except for a few photographs of people that were not in color to begin with). Aberth’s text is also illuminating, describing Carrington’s life, bringing out her major themes (such as her blending of myths and symbols from disparate cultures, particularly Celtic [her family background] and Mexican [her adopted background], and her feminist view of alchemy as a form of cooking), and analyzing several paintings in detail. Her analysis almost always refers to features that can actually be seen in the reproductions—which is by no means always the case in art books, I’ve found. Her language is clear and easy to understand, not drowning in academic art-critic-ese. I have admired Carrington’s work for a long time, and I definitely felt that I understood it, and her, better after reading Aberth’s commentary. - This has been curated really well. Instead of dwelling on Carrington as part of the story of Max Ernst, this is a great collection of color plates of her many paintings from the late 1940's on, from as soon as she was able to start painting again after escaping all the creeps trying to put her away 'Down Below'. The idea that she did this (MUCH) work without expectation of sales, of fame or fortune, but on impulse and for personal exploration, and while raising babies, boggles the mind.
This collection is curated to explicitly feature Leonora Carrington's longtime Great Work with alchemical, goddess, occult and magical themes. If you want the sigils, magical diagrams and veves, they are all in this set. The technique is haunting, delicate details as on the walls of an ancient Roman mansion, and some of these pieces (sculptures and weavings) I've honestly never seen in other catalogs. After all those years and the sights /senses of Mexico, the art just gets weirder and more wonderful over time. Also there are so many later pieces I'd never seen, featuring the culinary imagery and the wonderful old crones - like walking, wrinkled potatoes - that begin to appear in her consistent, evolving visual language as the Magician inserts herself into the work as she ages.
These are the color plates you have been looking for. Though it's not a huge coffee table book, it is truly inspiring. - Beautiful prints of Leonora Carrington's paintings and drawings as well as interesting account of her life. Much better quality book (the color prints) than I expected.
- Refreshing to read about Leonora Carrington and focus more on her than her relationship with Max Ernst. Leonora is a poet and painter in her own right. Very well done, easy to read and good reproductions of her work. I'd say I love this book, but then I am a fan of Leonora Carrington's and Remedios Varos, two most extraordinary women who happened to meet in Mexico at a critical time in each of their lives.
- She's the best and it's awesome to have such a great book in english about such an amazing women.
- Son turned me on to this artist. Love not only looking at the art but learning about her life
- Beautiful book.
- LOVE THIS BOOK
