Eileen Agar: Leaves of the World presents works spanning 1927 to 1980, underscoring collage as both technique and worldview — a means of synthesizing diverse references, spiritual and formal relationships, and autobiography. Agar maintained a tenuous relationship with Surrealism, drawing equally on Cubism and abstraction while injecting persistent irreverence and wit. Her encounter with Paul Nash in the mid-1930s deepened a lifelong fascination with found objects and the ecology of the sea. From poured enamel experiments to the bold swirls of her late acrylic works, a persistent curiosity and sense of freedom unite the practice across five decades.
