Almine Rech is honored to announce an exclusive collaboration with the Consejo Leonora Carrington in France. The gallery will collaborate with rossogranada, the exclusive representative of the Consejo Leonora Carrington, whose mission is to preserve and promote the work of the internationally renowned artist.
The gallery will debut bronze sculptures by Carrington from 2010 at Art Basel, Switzerland, this June. This inaugural presentation will be followed by a solo exhibition of the artist's work at Almine Rech Paris, Turenne, in September. Organized in collaboration with the Consejo Leonora Carrington and rossogranada, the exhibition will bring together the wide range of mediums Carrington explored throughout her career, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, tapestry, and writings.
"Our program recognizes the importance of women artists, and Leonora Carrington emerged as a natural choice. Although she occupies a leading position within the Surrealist movement, her work has only recently received the recognition it deserves. I am particularly drawn to Carrington’s extraordinary talent as both a painter and a sculptor, as well as to her audacity and courage. She worked freely between mediums throughout her life, from paper and canvas to tapestry, poetry, ceramics, wood, and bronze.
Surrealism, which emerged alongside the development of psychoanalysis, first found expression in literature and the visual arts in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. Yet much older works can be connected to it, and its influence continues to extend into the present and future, making it timeless. The first feminist movements also emerged in Europe and the United States during the same period; however, as Leonora Carrington often suggested, there was still a long way to go. Carrington famously rejected the role often imposed upon women in the arts, declaring, "I didn't have time to be anyone's muse. I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist." (1)
During the last 17 years of her life, Carrington turned masterfully to bronze, creating molds that were cast into sculptures, masks, and figures she had depicted throughout her life in her paintings and drawings—notably creatures inspired by Greek mythology, Celtic art, and fairy tales… La Hija del Minotauro is a magnificent example. Created in bronze in 2010, it originated from the painting And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur, from 1953, now in the collection of the MoMA."
- Almine Rech
(1) Leonora Carrington in Juliette Pozzo, Leonora Carrington, Carnet d'exposition, Coédition Découvertes Gallimard / GrandPalaisRmnÉditions, 2026
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