Leonora Carrington - Britain's Lost Surrealist | TateShots
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2015
- Featuring rare archive footage, this short film follows Leonora Carrington’s cousin and journalist, Joanna Moorhead, exploring the artist’s story.
Leonora Carrington was one of the most prolific members of the Surrealist movement. After rejecting her upper-class upbringing in northern England, Carrington embarked upon a relationship with Surrealist artist Max Ernst, and became central in the Surrealist circles of France and New York.
After hanging out with celebrated names such as Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso, the artist then moved to Mexico where she spend the rest of her life painting, as well as making sculpture, tapestry, writing poetry and designing for theatre and film.
This film is republished with kind permission by The Guardian.
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I love how resistant she is to intellectualizing her art.
I wonder why I have seen in recent times so many things online referring to Leonora Carrington as "lost" or like some new amazing find. Since I first started exploring surrealism in 1980, I have had no problem finding her fiction, books of her artwork, references to her and various books on surrealism, etc. She is perhaps among the best known woman surrealists. A few other woman surrealists of note: Remedios Varo, Toyen, Claude Cahun, Penelope Rosemont, Gina Litherland, Rikki Ducornet, Annie Le Brun, Gale Ahrens, ... the list could go on. All worthy of looking into, the last five, still living and still practicing surrealism as a way of life.
Lost? Mexicans have her on high esteem, some of her paintings are in the Museo de Arte Moderno hanging side by side with Frida Khalo's, and many other 20th century artists of renown in Mexico. Considering that Mexico has 130 million people and the UK 66 one really wonders in which planet working in Mexico could be considered to be lost. A bit of residual mental colonialism it seems.
“Don’t try to intellectualize art”...and yet the art “critics” and art gate keepers throw so many mumble-jumble of words around art and design that it interferes with the emotional appreciation of art. Unfortunately, many of the art gate-keepers actually reside at the Tate.
I love how in her paintings the animals are beings and have souls with feeling just as valid as the other human-like beings. This is the way it really is; their feelings are real, too.
She wrote short stories too, the complete collection published last year. Go for them 🐗
I can tell if I went on a date with her she would ask me not to call her again.
I wish the cousin would be quiet and listen...I could listen to this amazing woman for a long, long time.
Another surrealist who was equally smitten with Mexico was Remedios Varas. I recommend viewing her work.
She was never “lost” though. 🤷♀️
"You are trying to intellectualize something ...
Even if it is a complex situation for the interviewer all the artist’s answers are true.
It's been been a privilege to watch this interview and listen to the artist's views on art.
As a boy in the 1970s I had quite an appreciation for Surrealist art, I came across her at that time in a book of Surrealist paintings. Delighted to learn more about her and hear her speak. Thank you.
The lady being interviewed was constantly being interrupted by the interviewer. My opinion is that the interviewer was not listening to the artist Leonora. Leonora repeatedly had to tell the interviewer not to intellectualise art and that art is visual.
in addition to anything else, there is an example-lesson here in making your point when the other conversant isn't letting you completely unfold your message.
As an artist I hate vast swathes of Art but Leonora Carrington's work is excellent - both Frida K. & this lady were seriously good. God bless them, wherever they are.
A true Bohemian! I love her. Her sculptures are even more impressive than her paintings, maybe. I'll have to look into her work more. Thanks for the video!
I find her work to be just so captivating! She definately invokes a feeling of excitement and intrigue for me
Leonora is absolutely my favourite painter, favourite genius and favourite badass!