Susan Aberth.
The exhibition
Leonora Carrington: Revelación, which was held at Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid, was the first retrospective devoted to the artist in Spain and offered a fresh presentation of Carrington’s influences, thematic concerns, and technical and intellectual development, writes Susan Aberth, Edith C. Blum Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Bard College, for
Artforum. The exhibition, coproduced with the ARKEN Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen and organized by Tere Arcq, Carlos Martín, and Stefan van Raay, highlighted previously unshown works from different stages in Carrington’s life and “marks a triumphant return to a country that was the site of one of the most transformative junctures of Carrington’s life: her traumatic incarceration in 1940 in the Santander asylum, where she experienced sexual violence and the enduring stigma of mental illness,” Aberth writes. “Carrington was curious about all avenues providing insight into the self,” she continues, “Including Jungian psychology, kabbalah, astrology, peyote, Tibetan Buddhism, and tarot, to name just a few.”
Further reading:Bard College Professor Susan Aberth Awarded a Nancy B. Negley Artists ResidencyBard Professor Susan Aberth and Curator Tere Arcq Publish First Book Dedicated to Newly Discovered Tarot Set Created by Surrealist Artist Leonora CarringtonLeonora Carrington and the Theatre: A Conversation with Professor Susan Aberth and Double Edge Theatre’s Stacy Klein
Post Date: 05-16-2023