Leonora Carrington and the International Avant-Garde

Jonathan P. Eburne, Catriona McAra

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Manchester University Press
19 January 2017

Art & design styles: Surrealism & Dada; Individual artists, art monographs

Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was an English surrealist artist and writer who emigrated to Mexico after the Second World War. As the first comprehensive examination of Carrington's writing and art, this volume approaches her as a major international figure in modern and contemporary art, literature and thought. It offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the intellectual, literary and artistic currents that animate her contribution to experimental art movements throughout the Western Hemisphere, including surrealism and magical realism.

In addition to a substantive editorial introduction, the book contains nine chapters from scholars of modern literature and art, each focusing on a major feature in Carrington's career. It also features a visual essay drawn from the 2015 Tate Liverpool exhibition Leonora Carrington: Transgressing Discipline, and two experimental essays by the novelist Chloe Aridjis and the scholar Gabriel Weisz, Carrington's son. This collection offers a resource for students, researchers and readers interested in Carrington's works, and contributes to her continued rise in global recognition. -- .

Edited by: Jonathan P. Eburne, Catriona McAra
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 794g
ISBN: 9781784994365
ISBN 10: 1784994367
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 19 January 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan P. Eburne is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French and Francophone Studies at the Pennsylvania State University Catriona McAra is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Aberdeen

Reviews for Leonora Carrington and the International Avant-Garde

'.these resourceful studies draw Carrington's co-ordinates in cultural space.' 'Eburne's inspired reading of the wraithy cloud at the centre of Grandmother Moorhead's Aromatic Kitchen (1975) connects it by winding paths to Carrington's lovely phrase in Jezzamathatics : an incalculable gesture of suspended astonishment ' Lorna Scott Fox, TLS May 2017 'This brimming cauldron of essays affirms the continuing value of Carrington's work, with contributions from established and more recent scholars, as well as from contemporary artists including Lucy Skaer, Lynn Lu and Samantha Sweeting.' Robert Radford, The Burlington Magazine, November 2017 -- .