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:
Hans Bellmer "Love and Death", 1946.
Rufus F.
Rufus is a likeable curmudgeon. He has a PhD in History, sang for a decade in a punk band, and recently moved to NYC after nearly two decades in Canada. He wrote the book "The Paris Bureau" from Dio Press (2021).
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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