September 15, 2024 | 2:15 – 3pm | RSVP at bottom of page
Join Dr. Abigail Susik, Surrealist scholar, for a lively walkthrough of The Magic World of Leonora Carrington.
The Magic World of Leonora Carrington explores themes of metamorphosis, magic, and biblical allegory. She populates her compositions with hybrid creatures; human figures fused with mythical and imagined beasts suggest a confrontation between the material world and the world of dreams. Among the early European surrealists, Carrington is a pioneer in her century-spanning explorations of the subconscious and her portrayal of imagery related to mystical experience.
This event is included with admission and free for members, but RSVP is required to ensure a space. Once the program reaches capacity, there will be the option to join a waitlist. Please email Amber Kurson (akurson@ojmche.org) to be put on the waitlist or if you need to release your ticket. OJMCHE can offer in-gallery seating for up to 13 visitors and 7 visitors will need to be comfortable with standing for the length of the program in order to participate.
Dr. Abigail Susik explores the intersection of international surrealism with anti-authoritarian protest cultures in her wide-ranging research on modern and contemporary art history and visual culture. Her purview of analysis spans from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries with a focus on European, North American, and Latin American cultural contexts and an emphasis on social art history and labor theory methodologies, gender and sexuality perspectives, and material culture histories. She is a founding board member of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism, a joint editor for the Bloomsbury Transnational Surrealism Series, and serves as the Department Chair and Associate Professor of Art History at Willamette University.