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Hundreds of fans celebrate Leonora Carrington at the opening of her retrospective at MAM
April 21, 2018The bride of the wind, the woman who, through her brushstrokes, showed us a bridge to the dreamlike and got acquainted with Celtic culture, Mexican pre-Hispanic traditions and her own dreams to build a universal work, was honored with the attendance of more than 1200 people on the first night of the exhibition of Leonora Carrington. Magical Stories, at the Museum of Modern Art.
To inaugurate this great exhibition, which once again puts the world's last great surrealist on the city's cultural circuit after two decades, the attendees were: the Secretary of Culture, María Cristina García Cepeda; Gabriel Weisz, son of the painter and honorary president of the Leonora Carrington Foundation; Lidia Camacho, director general of INBA; Miguel Fernández Félix, director of the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts; Silvia Navarrete, director of MAM and Guadalupe Ramos, president of the Association of Friends of MAM.
The Secretary of Culture celebrated that through Leonora Carrington. Magical stories, the public at the Museum of Modern Art will be able to see more than 200 works: paintings, sculptures, masks and set designs, lithographs and easel works, which make up this retrospective, and invite us to get to know and admire the symbolic and dreamlike universe of a creator who enriched the cultural legacy of the 20th century.
María Cristina García Cepeda said that Leonora Carrington explored both the female and animal imaginary, the esoteric mysteries and the iconography of reason that inhabits the realm of dreams, as well as the greatness of cultural heritage by placing us in front of the mirror of the past, thus leaving a mark that remains forever on the spirit, because Leonora is her own universe, a mark on the human spirit.
This exhibition is the result of the combined efforts of the Department of Culture and public and private institutions, both national and foreign, to extend the benefits of art and culture to wider audiences; an inspiration for new generations who will come to discover surrealism, an esthetic trend of infinite possibilities, she said.
Gabriel Weisz Carrington celebrated the great reception of this exhibition and anticipated that it will mark a milestone in the artistic and visual history of Mexico, through the versatility of Leonora Carrington's work, her imagination and talent.
He thanked the teams of the numerous institutions and foundations that managed to gather so many works from 64 collections that in a single tour the public could connect with the magic of Leonora Carrington.
"Leonora's art precipitates us into an abyss of emotions that impact our spirit. Our demons are invoked and dialogue with the beings of her strokes and her art connects with the ineffable world of the subconscious," said Gabriel Weisz.
Lidia Camacho, director of INBA, recalled that Leonora's work highlights the poetic language with which she painted, wrote and created sculpture to show young people her universe from the age of 13 to shortly before her death.
She said that starting in May, the National Theater Coordination will present every Saturday the play Opus Siniestrus, by the great artist who found in our country a fertile ground for her life and work.
"It has been more than two decades since there was a retrospective of Leonora and we are sure that she will be a reference of her great legacy and talent for new generations to contemplate her shapes, colors and fantastic worlds.
The exhibition was curated by Tere Arcq from the Palais des Beaux-Arts Museum and Stefan van Raay from the MAM and includes eight exhibition sections distributed in the two rooms of the Ground Floor of the Museum and a ninth section located in El Gabinete where 20 photographs of Carrington's life are exhibited.
During the inaugural tour the public was able to see works such as the oil paintings Heart of Love in Love, Black Sun, The Chrysopia of Mary the Jewess, Evening Lecture, Warning to Mother and The Giant.
Also, Leonora's protest painting after the events of October 2 in Tlatelolco in 1968, as well as the paintings: And then we saw Minotaur's daughter, Hierophant, The Necromancer and The Zoroastrian Magician find his own image in the garden, were very celebrated.
As part of the exhibition, talks will be organised with specialists such as Joanna Moorhead, Susan Aberth, Terri Geis, Gloria Orenstein and the curators.
The book XV fabulillas de animales, niños y espantos by Renato Leduc, with cartoons by Leonora Carrington, will also be presented, as well as courses and workshops at the MAM for research and development.
Leonora Carrington. Magical stories will be on view until September 23 at the Museum of Modern Art. Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Mexico,Distrito Federal
