Deborah Levy on Francesca Woodman, Lee Miller, Paula Rego, Leonora Carrington

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

Arts

4.8 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In episode 78 – and SEASON FINALE – of The Great Women Artists Podcast, Katy Hessel interviews the very brilliant writer, DEBORAH LEVY on photographers Francesca Woodman and surrealist Lee Miller, and painters Paula Rego and surrealist Leonora Carrington!!! [This episode is brought to you by Alighieri jewellery: www.alighieri.co.uk | use the code TGWA at checkout for 10% off!] The author of seven novels, Levy is one of the leading writers of our time having been shortlisted twice each for the Goldsmiths Prize and the Man Booker Prize. She has also written for The Royal Shakespeare Company and her pioneering theatre writing is collected in Levy: Plays 1. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and, she has also taught writing at the Royal College of Art for ten years. But the reason why we are speaking with Deborah today is because over the past few years, she has brought out one of the greatest – and most emotionally daring – trilogy of memoirs, which she sees as a living autobiography on writing, gender politics and philosophy: Things I Don't Want to Know, The Cost of Living, and Real Estate, which throughout unexpectedly make short segues to female artists – from Francesca Woodman to Louise Bourgeois – as though their work becomes a character, an emotion, or reminds you of elements in your daily life. It is such a beautiful and relatable way about talking about art, and as an art lover, captivating to see artists’ work interwoven like this. So, I thought what better way to celebrate this special episode by looking into the lives and works of four women artists from her brilliantly unique perspective. I am so delighted to say that today we will discuss photographers Francesca Woodman and surrealist Lee Miller, and painters Paula Rego and surrealist Leonora Carrington… LISTEN NOW + ENJOY!!! Some links: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253221/things-i-don-t-want-to-know/9780241983089.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/295634/the-cost-of-living/9780241977569.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/295635/real-estate/9780241977583.html and more books! https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/7514/deborah-levy.html THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO SEASON 6 OF THE GWA PODCAST! Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the season finale of season six of the Great Woman Artist podcast.
0:06.5	This entire series has been sponsored by the amazing Allegiery Jewelry, who create imperfect and fragmented modern heirlooms, inspired by Dante Allegieri's journey, from the darkness of Inferno to the light of Paradiso.
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1:18.5	with the code TGWA at checkout online or by visiting the London Showroom. I hope you
1:25.8	enjoy this episode.
1:32.6	Thank you. by visiting the London Showroom. I hope you enjoy this episode. Hello everyone and welcome to The Great Women Artist podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
1:38.8	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists. An Instagram account, I set up in October 2015,
1:45.0	which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young graduates to old masters.
1:50.6	Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating female
1:55.7	artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories. And I am so excited to be interviewing artists on their career
2:02.4	or artists, writers, curators or general art lovers
2:05.5	on the women artist who means most of them.
2:08.5	What I want this podcast to do is celebrate female artists
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