‘Womb-Magic’ and ‘the Coral of the Mind’: Eileen Agar’s Surrealism

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22 October 2009
2pm - 3.30pm
Free but places are limited.

With Dr Neil Matheson, Senior Lecturer in Theory and Criticism of Photography, University of Westminster

Focusing on the period 1936-45, this lecture will explore the work of Eileen Agar and her particular contribution to the emergence of a surrealist movement in England. The discussion will embrace Agar’s ‘seaside surrealism’, her use of natural and marine forms and her conception of female creativity, as well as considering her wartime work.

To book phone 0161 2358888 or email magevents@manchester.gov.uk

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