Given the renewed hue and cry erupting, flowing, sneaking and surveilling in the direction of "Tea Party types," one wonders what today’s "powers that be" would make of a really iffy personality like Max Ernst?
Iam glad not to know. I would hate for Mr. Ernst to let me down (as most of our creative artists eventually do) by being co-opted, brought to heel, in pages of People or Vanity Fair celebrity coverage.
And as a Quaker and, I hope, a good American, I would dislike seeing the full force of Ernst’s art and power make the surveillers heads explode like Scanners.
Max Ernst is my favorite artist. I'm glad I missed whatever you're referring to as it sounds unpleasant. I don't think he could ever do as Dali did, he's not even slightly pop. I do imagine that he did some designs for parties in his time though. Makes me want to investigate that.
ReplyDeleteMax Ernst was only slightly iffy-er than most genius artists I can think of, but he could be extremely unkind. If you would read his son, Jimmy Ernst's autobiography, or even that famous book published about a decade ago about Peggy Guggenheim (a piece of work herself), you'll see what I mean. He lived an extraordinary life and faced terrible challenges during the course of two world wars. I love his work also and would have loved to have met him. Curtis
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