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Tag Archives: Surrealism
A DAY OF CELEBRATION OF KENNETH GRANT
⊥ A Day of Talks in Celebration of the Life & Work of KENNETH GRANT (23rd May 1923 – 15th January 2011) “KENNETH GRANT (1924-2011) stands out as one of the most original and prolific esoteric authors of the second … Continue reading
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Tagged Advaita Vedanta, Against the Light, Aleister Crowley, Caroline Wise, Chris Giudice, Dreaming True, Edward Gauntlett, Emma Doeve, Fellowship of Isis, Gerald Massey, Henrik Bogdan, Kenneth Grant, Michael Staley, New Isis Lodge, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Starfire Publishing, Steffi Grant, Surrealism, The Mauve Zone, Thelema, Treadwell's Books, Typhonian Order, Typhonian Tradition
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Leonora as Hierodule
♥ Leonora Carrington, at age nineteen, while still studying at the Amédée Ozenfant Academy in London, had already started to explore the inner world of her imagination and its ‘hypnagogic’ vision – that state where consciousness and unconsciousness merge. When she … Continue reading
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Tagged Hierodule, Lee Miller, Leonora Carrington, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim, Surrealism, Women Surrealist artists
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Jodorowsky meets Leonora
LEONORA CARRINGTON (6th April 1917 – 25th May 2011) ♦ [1.] ♦ Typically, in The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky, when the author writes about his meeting with Leonora Carrington, whom he rightfully calls “A Surrealist Master,” he obfuscates the time that this … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Down Below', 'Inner Witch', 'Penelope', Alejandro Jodorowsky, Andre Breton, Anima, Ejo Takata, Leonora Carrington, Leonora Carrington in Mexico, Max Ernst, Pierre Mabille, Surrealism, The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Women Surrealist artists, Zen
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Surrealism & The Tarot
‡ Although this is only a first introductory look, we’ve been thinking a lot recently about how a number of the artists labelled “Surrealist” – either self-declared, fellow travellers, or otherwise claimed – had more than a passing engagement with Magic … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Lear, Ithell Colquhoun, Le Jeu de Marseille, Salvador Dali, Surrealism, Tarot, Victor Brauner
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Women Artists, Surrealism, & The Occult
‡ ‡ Published by Mandrake of Oxford, the ideas in Nadia Choucha’s thought-provoking book, Surrealism & the Occult, are many and rich and strange, not least the proposal that Surrealism and the Occult are bedfellows, inextricably linked. “It is necessary … Continue reading
Catwoman – Leonor Fini and her cats
‡ Leonor Fini (August 30, 1907 – January 18, 1996) There are now many cat-lovers in the world – even more so perhaps since YouTube has released their so-called ‘funny’ and ‘cute’ side – but it doesn’t take away from the … Continue reading
The Musaeum Clausum – (Surrealism re-visited)
‡ The matter under scrutiny and revision is the continuing Spirit of inquiry and outré imagination that through the Ages has manifested as the Cabinet of Curiosities. Surrealism, in the shape of André Breton and Joseph Cornell, injected new life into … Continue reading
Women in the Surrealist movement – Coda:
‡ Dora Maar, Lee Miller and Méret Oppenheim, to name but three, each produced an image or images that have endured as iconic representations of the Surrealist movement. Here are a few examples: ‡ Dora Maar (22nd November 1907 – 16th July 1997) ‡ … Continue reading
Kay Sage: Woman Surrealist with a Difference
‡ Kay Sage (25th June 1898 – 8th January 1963) A Surrealist with a difference. The settings of her paintings (which show the influence of Giorgio de Chirico) are worlds irrevocably altered and stripped by human engineering and interference, leaving … Continue reading
Women Surrealists: Leonora Carrington
‡ Leonora Carrington (6th April 1917 – date of death varies) English painter, sculptor and writer and one of the more colourful personalities among the Women Surrealists. From a childhood of “eccentricity… a combination of anti-social tendencies and certain supernatural … Continue reading
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