The Three Magpies (Rotherham) – Psychic Night - Eileen Proctor
The Three Magpies (Rotherham) – Psychic Night - Eileen Proctor
Thu, Aug 11, 20:30
The Three Magpies Hotel • Brinsworth
£16.76
Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy. Curator talk with Laura Smith
Date and time
Join us for an in-person talk with Whitechapel Gallery curator Laura Smith, who curated the exhibition ‘Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy.'
About this event
Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy. A talk with Laura Smith curator at Whitechapel Gallery.
Wednesday 13 April
6-7pm
Leeds Art Gallery
Join us for a special in-person talk with Whitechapel Gallery curator Laura Smith, who curated the exhibition ‘Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy’, which originated at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2021 and is currently on display at Leeds Art Gallery.
Eileen Agar (1899–1991) was one of the most adventurous and prolific artists of her generation. Throughout her seventy-year career she synthesised elements of two of twentieth-century western culture’s most significant artistic tendencies – Cubism and Surrealism – in a diverse and kaleidoscopic practice which moved freely through drawing, painting, photography, collage and sculpture. Smith will introduce us to a spirited and lyrical artist who found inspiration in beach-finds, nature, marine life, mythology and the classical world; combining these to create profoundly distinctive and extraordinary artworks.
N.B. the galleries will be open till 6pm on the day of the talk for attendees to view the exhibition. The exhibition will also run until 07 May.
This talk is part of a series of events connected to the Eileen Agar exhibition, generously supported by the Leeds Art Fund.
Image: Eileen Agar, Alice with Lewis Carroll, 1961. Oil on canvas. Private Collection © The Estate of Eileen Agar. All Rights Reserved 2022/ Bridgeman Images.