Erotic Collages and Mysterious Hats: How a Whitechapel Gallery Show Is Making Sense of the Surreal Art of Eileen Agar
Precious Stones (1936). Courtesy of Leeds Museums and Galleries. © The estate of Eileen Agar. For years, the Tate has held a trove of artworks by 20th-century British artist Eileen Agar without even necessarily knowing it. “Interestingly, [her assemblages are] in their archive, not in their collection of artworks,” says Laura Smith, the Whitechapel Gallery curator who organized an Agar retrospective opening this May. “But she made them as artworks.” Eileen Agar wearing a “Ceremonial Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse.” The picture was taken in 1936. © The estate of Eileen Agar. This m...
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