Leonora Carrington

I discovered this fascinating interview-portrait of the artist Leonora Carrington while preparing my classes on Frida Kahlo in film for the week. It is an excerpt from the film Gifted Beauty
LEONORA CARRINGTON by Pamela Robertson-Pearce from Neil Astley on Vimeo.

You can find more about the work of Pamela Robertson-Pearce at her website. Here's the description of the film project from the Vimeo site:

LEONORA CARRINGTON (born 1917) is an English-born surrealist artist and writer who has lived in Mexico since the Second World War. She is the last surviving original member of the celebrated group of 20th-century women Surrealist artists who came together in Paris which included Leonor Fini, Frida Kahlo (co-opted by André Breton), Lee Miller, Meret Oppenheim and Remedios Varo. This video is an excerpt from the film GIFTED BEAUTY (Ragg Film, 2000) which examines the work of all six artists along with that of the contemporary Norwegian artist Vilde von Krogh. It features the interviews with Leonora Carrington (in Mexico City and New York City) used in the film made by filmmaker and assistant director Pamela Robertson-Pearce, along with her footage of Mexico (the Day of the Dead and Leonora Carrington's sculptures in the boulevard on Paseo Reforma, Mexico City). GIFTED BEAUTY was directed by Anne Kjersti Bjørn, with music by Maia Urstad and animations by Gustav Kvall.