After the jump, a somewhat disturbing pencil and white gouache drawing by Hans Bellmer, which appeared recently at the Thomas Dane gallery in London as a part of their “Contingency” show:
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I remember seeing this drawing in the Guggenheim’s surrealism exhibition about ten years ago, and being deeply unsettled. The combination of violence, sexuality and scatology are disturbing indeed, as is almost everything of Bellmer’s I’ve seen. I prefer my surrealism tempered by humor, otherwise its more sinister elements feel oppressive.
On a tangent, “Love and Death” is easily my favorite Woody Allen movie.Report
Yeah, I was thinking about changing “somewhat disturbing” to “very disturbing”.
That’s my favorite Woody Allen movie too. I think it’s actually Woody Allen’s favorite of his movies.Report