Emily Hunt
Leila, 2023
limoges porcelain with gold lustre
tablet 25 × 22 × 0.5 cm (9 ⅞ × 8 ⅝ × ¼ in)
frame 42 × 36 × 4.5 cm (16 ½ × 14 ⅛ × 1 ¾ in)
frame 42 × 36 × 4.5 cm (16 ½ × 14 ⅛ × 1 ¾ in)
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These plates are commemorative, riffing off the classic commemorative plate that your grandma might have collected of the Queen, however these plates are stranger as they depict women who lead...
These plates are commemorative, riffing off the classic commemorative plate that your grandma might have collected of the Queen, however these plates are stranger as they depict women who lead singular lives and dealt in serious magick.
Leila Waddell was also an Australian, although a violinist and performer and not a visual artist. Born in 1880 and passing on in 1932. She was one of the only ‘Scarlet Women’ of Aleister Crowley that left his orbit unscathed. In Crowley’s magical universe, the role of the Scarlet Woman was a sort of anti-Virgin Mary who transgressed the boundaries of feminine virtue by wallowing in excess. She played the violin in Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis. After her magickal life in London, she returned to Australia where she played concerts and taught music. Her magickal name was Sister Agatha.
Leila Waddell was also an Australian, although a violinist and performer and not a visual artist. Born in 1880 and passing on in 1932. She was one of the only ‘Scarlet Women’ of Aleister Crowley that left his orbit unscathed. In Crowley’s magical universe, the role of the Scarlet Woman was a sort of anti-Virgin Mary who transgressed the boundaries of feminine virtue by wallowing in excess. She played the violin in Crowley’s Rites of Eleusis. After her magickal life in London, she returned to Australia where she played concerts and taught music. Her magickal name was Sister Agatha.