The medium of Leonora Carrington : a feminist haunting in the contemporary arts / Catriona McAra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAra, Catriona, author.

Series:

Manchester scholarship online.

Manchester scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Carrington, Leonora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 231 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Catriona McAra is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Aberdeen.

Summary:

Before her death, the artist and writer Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) had already garnered a cult following, with numerous creative people making the pilgrimage to meet her at her home in Mexico City. Since then, her fame has only increased. Thinking across contemporary art media, this book demonstrates how Carrington has posthumously become a medium in her own right, critically haunting the creative intellectuals who met or knew her. It explores the work of a remarkable variety of individuals and organisations, including the artists Lucy Skaer, Samantha Sweeting and Lynn Lu, the actress Tilda Swinton, the novelists Chloe Aridjis and Heidi Sopinka and the ensemble Double Edge Theatre.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Archaeology

2 Another maybe

3 Esoteric conceptualism

4 Hibernation

5 Menagerie

6 Edgework

Afterword

Appendix: interviews

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher-supplied metadata and e-publication viewed on April 24, 2023.

Other Format:

Print version: McAra, Catriona The Medium of Leonora Carrington

ISBN:

9781526172822

1526172828

9781526161222

1526161222

9781526161246

1526161249

OCLC:

1350665446