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Gallery Wendi Norris

February 7 - March 31, 2008

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161 Jessie Street San Francisco, CA 94105
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The Talismanic Lens
Gallery Reception: February 07, 2008 6:00 to 9:00 pm This comprehensive look at the career of Leonora Carrington includes small and large works on canvas and paper, as well as photos and ephemera, covering four and a half decades of her extraordinary life and career. Beginning with her explorations of alchemical catharsis through art making and her recovery from a traumatic series of events during World War II, the exhibition follows a sophisticated journey through the world’s various religious, literary and philosophical iconographies. Over 20 Paintings, Unique Works on Paper and Ephemera, from 1935 to 1987 60 page catalogue with essays by Gabriel Weisz-Carrington and Ara Merjian