And then we saw the daughter of the minotaur

You may have noticed Alexandria's extreme quiet in the last week or so since, for one reason or another, we've been unable or uninclined to post.  Nic has the better excuse - she is currently at home with her parents, and without internet access; while I've been working on some reviews for elsewhere, recovering from our hectic trip to London and cultivating an ambience of weekend serenity. This mostly involved sitting out in the sun and reading a lot, but also riding in a massive ferris wheel that gives amazing views of the Vale of York and considering the intricacy of steam engines (at The National Railway Museum).  My intention is to make up for this inertia by a) writing a series of short posts (can you believe it?!) about what I've been reading recently, hopefully to appear over the next few days, and b) giving you this link and tantalising you with the image below.  It is the work of Leonora Carrington (b. 1917) and appears on the front of Esther's new 'currently reading' The Seventh Horse and Other Stories.  I think it is wonderful, and that Carrington is a woefully undernoted artist of the 20th century.  If you like what you see, you should check out Susan Aberth's excellent book on her, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, which is well worth the cover price.

Good night.

~~Victoria~~

Comments

[Karen]

Yay, Leonora Carrington! I adore her work, and have been lusting after Aberth's book for a long time. It's definitely a shame that Carrington is so little known in this country.

[Danielle]

Inertia can be good sometimes--as long as you're reading!! I like the artwork by the way!

[Litlove]

Oh Victoria, great minds think alike! I was posting on Carrington just the other day, and thinking that she doesn't have the recognition she deserves. Have you read her autobiographical memoir of going mad, Down Below? It's very powerful, but not at all a comfortably read.

That's a beautiful picture of hers you've got there.