‘Art is whatever you can get away with’ – Andy Warhol
Discover Leonora Carrington’s “Old Maids,” a whimsical blend of fertility, ageing, the occult, and culinary practices at the Sainsbury Centre. This painting features a tea party with ladies, a monkey, and magpies around a kitchen table, overseen by a mysterious haloed figure. Carrington humorously blurs the lines between humans, animals, and food, transforming the mundane into the magical.
By celebrating spinsters and crones, Carrington rejects conventional beauty ideals and challenges the Surrealist muse. Explore “Old Maids” and its subversive, feminist storytelling. Come to the Sainsbury Centre art museum on campus to enjoy this masterpiece. Claim your FREE Student Membership today or ‘pay if and what you can’ for access into the museum.
Image caption: Leonora Carrington, Old Maids, 1947. Pictured on display at the Sainsbury Centre. Photo: Kate Wolstenholme
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