ExhibitionMarch 17, 2025
Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver
The work of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (1917 - 2011) is exhibited for the first time in New England at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. Carrington was born in England and resided in France, Italy and Spain, but emigrated in 1941 to Mexico where she settled. The artist explored themes such as alchemy, one of her greatest passions, and the iconography of gnomes, giants and ghosts that stemmed from her Irish-influenced education and her contact with Celtic mythology.
“Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver” brings together more than thirty works of art, some of them rarely exhibited, spanning six decades of her career. The exhibition explores the artist's creativity and technique in a variety of media including tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen and fiber. It also offers a fascinating vision of her processes in which a world of fantasy is intertwined with the symbolism of different elements. The show aims to reveal the complexity of this artist, whose compositions reflect the imagination and Carrington's deep interest in mysticism, folklore and religion.
This exhibition will be open until June 1, 2025.
“Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver” brings together more than thirty works of art, some of them rarely exhibited, spanning six decades of her career. The exhibition explores the artist's creativity and technique in a variety of media including tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen and fiber. It also offers a fascinating vision of her processes in which a world of fantasy is intertwined with the symbolism of different elements. The show aims to reveal the complexity of this artist, whose compositions reflect the imagination and Carrington's deep interest in mysticism, folklore and religion.
This exhibition will be open until June 1, 2025.
