Leonora in the Morning Light at the Electric Palace
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Defiant, brilliant, and untameable, artist Leonora Carrington refused to live by anyone’s rules but her own.
In the charged atmosphere of 1930s Paris, she falls under the spell of the surrealist movement - and into a passionate, volatile love affair with the German artist Max Ernst.
Together, they create a world where art and life blur, surrounded by icons like André Breton and Salvador Dalí, and build an otherworldly refuge in the south of France filled with sculpted creatures and strange, living dreams.
But as war engulfs Europe, their fantasy shatters. Ernst is arrested as an enemy alien, and Leonora is thrust into a nightmare of loss, madness, and survival. She finds her way to Mexico - a place of magic and rebirth - where she reclaims her art, her identity, and her freedom.
Leonora in the Morning Light is the story of a woman who turned trauma into transcendence, creating beauty from chaos and forging a legacy that changed the history of modern art, making her currently the highest-selling female British artist.
The screening will be introduced by local author and EP volunteer Mel Salisbury.
In the charged atmosphere of 1930s Paris, she falls under the spell of the surrealist movement - and into a passionate, volatile love affair with the German artist Max Ernst.
Together, they create a world where art and life blur, surrounded by icons like André Breton and Salvador Dalí, and build an otherworldly refuge in the south of France filled with sculpted creatures and strange, living dreams.
But as war engulfs Europe, their fantasy shatters. Ernst is arrested as an enemy alien, and Leonora is thrust into a nightmare of loss, madness, and survival. She finds her way to Mexico - a place of magic and rebirth - where she reclaims her art, her identity, and her freedom.
Leonora in the Morning Light is the story of a woman who turned trauma into transcendence, creating beauty from chaos and forging a legacy that changed the history of modern art, making her currently the highest-selling female British artist.
The screening will be introduced by local author and EP volunteer Mel Salisbury.
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39A High Street, TN34 3ER Hastings, United Kingdom, 39a High Street, Hastings, TN34 3, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherElectric Palace Hastings
