Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver

Rose Art Museum, Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg Gallery

“Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver,” the artist’s first-ever museum exhibition in New England, brings together over 30 works of art, some rarely seen, that span over six decades of Carrington’s prolific career. Born into an Anglo-Irish family, Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) strove to free herself from the gendered strictures imposed on her by society. Her rebellious spirit found refuge in art and literature, leading her to join the surrealist movement in Europe and, later, immigrate to Mexico, where she developed her visionary art.
The show explores Carrington’s creative and technical versatility, working in a variety of mediums, such as tempera, gouache, acrylic, oil, pencil, pen, and fiber while offering insight into her artistic process of conjuring fantastical worlds rich in magic and symbolism.