EILEEN AGAR

Eileen Agar's surrealist works exploring abstraction, collage, and organic forms.

Why go

Agar was one of the few women in the landmark 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition and maintained a distinctive practice blending surrealism with abstraction, working across painting, collage, photography, and assemblage with wit and spiritual depth.

What to expect

The exhibition features paintings, collages, and works on paper spanning from 1936 to the 1980s, with saturated color palettes of cyan, green, orange-red, and yellow punctuated by black, alongside photographs of Brittany rock formations that inspired decades of her work.

Things to know

• Born in Buenos Aires in 1899, relocated to London as a child and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (https://www.andrewkreps.com/artist
• One of few women exhibiting in the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition at New Burlington Galleries, London, and included in MoMA's Surr
• Worked across painting, sculpture, photography, and collage, incorporating found objects like stones and marine life influenced by conversat
• Her 2021 retrospective 'Angel of Anarchy' at Whitechapel Gallery comprised over 150 works and traveled to Sweden and Leeds (https://www.andr
• Work is held in permanent collections including Tate London, British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and National Galleries of Scotland
• In 1936 traveled to Ploumanac'h, Brittany and photographed dramatic rock formations that embedded themselves in her psyche, inspiring painti