Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde - Paperback

by Jonathan P. Eburne (Editor), Catriona McAra (Editor)

The first comprehensive examination of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), a major twentieth-century writer and multi-media artist. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary, and artistic currents that animate her relationships with avant-garde movements throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Front Jacket

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was an English surrealist artist and writer who emigrated to Mexico via New York City after the Second World War. As the first comprehensive examination of Carrington's writing and art in an international context, this volume highlights Carrington's role as a major figure in the history of modern art, literature, and thought. Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary and artistic currents that animate her relationships with experimental art movements throughout the Western Hemisphere. One of the more beloved eccentrics of the past century, Leonora Carrington figures centrally in modern art and literature. This volume addresses her pivotal role in avant-garde art and literature around the world. In addition to a substantive editorial introduction, it contains nine chapters from scholars of modern literature and art, each addressing a major focus in Carrington's long career. The book also features experimental essays by the novelist Chloe Aridjis and the scholar Gabriel Weisz, Carrington's son, and a visual essay on the 2015 Tate Liverpool exhibition Leonora Carrington: Transgressing Discipline, publishing images of many of these works for the first time and making them available to new international audiences. This collection offers a valuable resource for students, researchers and readers interested in Carrington's works beyond the merely introductory survey of her life and basic themes, and contributes to her continued rise in global recognition.

Back Jacket

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was an English surrealist artist and writer who emigrated to Mexico via New York City after the Second World War. As the first comprehensive examination of Carrington's writing and art in an international context, this volume highlights Carrington's role as a major figure in the history of modern art, literature, and thought. Leonora Carrington and the international avant-garde offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary and artistic currents that animate her relationships with experimental art movements throughout the Western Hemisphere.

One of the more beloved eccentrics of the past century, Leonora Carrington figures centrally in modern art and literature. This volume addresses her pivotal role in avant-garde art and literature around the world. In addition to a substantive editorial introduction, it contains nine chapters from scholars of modern literature and art, each addressing a major focus in Carrington's long career. The book also features experimental essays by the novelist Chloe Aridjis and the scholar Gabriel Weisz, Carrington's son, and a visual essay on the 2015 Tate Liverpool exhibition Leonora Carrington: Transgressing Discipline, publishing images of many of these works for the first time and making them available to new international audiences.

This collection offers a valuable resource for students, researchers and readers interested in Carrington's works beyond the merely introductory survey of her life and basic themes, and contributes to her continued rise in global recognition.

Author Biography

Jonathan P. Eburne is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies at the Pennsylvania State University

Catriona McAra is University Curator at Leeds Arts University