#surrealism

francoisvillon@societas.online

Max Ernst - Der Hausengel

L'Ange du foyer
Gemälde, Öl auf Leinwand , 54 x 74 cm, 1937, Theo Wormland-Stiftung, Pinakothek der Moderne, München

Der Hausengel oder L'Ange du foyer ist ein surrealistisches Gemälde von Max Ernst, das ein schwebendes Ungeheuer über einer flachen Landschaft zeigt und 1937 in drei Variationen in Paris entstand. Die zweite Version zeigt nur den Kopf, die dritte und größte Version L'Ange du foyer ou le Triomphe du surréalisme (Der Hausengel oder der Triumph des Surrealismus) weist eine Reduktion des Motivs auf das Ungeheuer und seinen Angreifer aus.
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Max Ernst äußerte sich später zur Entstehung der Werke: »Ein Bild, das ich nach der Niederlage der Republikaner in Spanien gemalt habe, ist der Hausengel. Das ist natürlich ein ironischer Titel für eine Art Trampeltier, das alles, was ihm in den Weg kommt, zerstört und vernichtet. Das war mein damaliger Eindruck von dem, was in der Welt wohl vor sich gehen würde, und ich habe damit recht gehabt.«


The Angel of the House or L'Ange du foyer is a surrealist painting by Max Ernst that shows a floating monster above a flat landscape and was created in three variations in Paris in 1937. The second version shows only the head, while the third and largest version, L'Ange du foyer ou le Triomphe du surréalisme (The Angel of the House or the Triumph of Surrealism), shows a reduction of the motif to the monster and its attacker.
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Max Ernst later commented on the creation of the works: "One picture I painted after the defeat of the Republicans in Spain is The House Angel. That is, of course, an ironic title for a kind of clumsy oaf that destroys and annihilates everything in its path. That was my impression at the time of what was probably going on in the world, and I was right."

#MaxErnst #surrealism #malerei #Kunst #art #paintings #gemälde #peinture

surazeus@venera.social

King Of The Pack

King Of The Pack
© Surazeus
2024 03 15

I do not want those fawning worshippers,
he proclaims while striding down mirrored halls,
who flock around the beautiful masked stars,
for they are vampires hungry for your power
who misdirect their jealous energy,
and would turn quick to stab you in the back.

Halls of Fame are crowded with Jupiters,
he sneers while tapping photos on the wall,
who cruise around Gotham in fancy cars,
and fight for who will rule the Ivory Tower
to evade fate of double jeopardy
in vicious contest for King of the Pack.

Obsessed with glamor of the worshipped poet,
endowed with recognition of the crowd
as brilliant genius with clever insight
expressed through spells of convoluted verse,
these nascent Apollos seek only fame,
forgetting we endure Hell to reach Heaven.

Programmed by investors to play the prophet
as the tortured poet in tattered shroud
who wears fake wings of Icarus in flight,
nameless poets, ignorant of the curse
bestowed by Orpheus on the Word Game,
chase rainbow of glory cast by the Raven.

After descending to foul gloom of Hell
to rescue my Muse, bitten by the snake
of hunger for fame and glory of the seer,
I lead her back home to the World of Light
only to lose her from silent despair,
my heart glowing with strange Wisdom of Death.

Kneeling in dark woods by Rune-teeming well,
I gaze at mask of my face that seems fake
to discern ideal truth in spinning sphere
that formulates morals for wrong and right,
till I perceive the Real behind is glare,
so I regain my Muse with conscious breath.

Performing role as Priest to save the world
from glamorous illusions of false wealth,
I sing uncanny spells with eerie voice
while bearing lamp that guides my way with love
till crowds of lost souls follow my footsteps
and gather in haven I build with words.

Returning from Hell as the Cosmic Herald
with hard-won secret code for mental health,
I sing new paradigm that presents choice
as creative way to share treasure trove,
concealed with riddles on globalized maps,
so we can sing in harmony with birds.

https://surazeus.blogspot.com/2024/03/king-of-pack.html

Orpheus declares himself to be King of the Pack.

#Poetry #Poem #Pastoral #Necropastoral #MetaModernism #Romanticism #MetaRomanticism #NewRomanticism #AmericanDream #Symbolism #Existentialism #Surrealism #NegativeCapability #NewGnosticism #MetaRealism #Satire #NewTranscendentalism