Max Ernst @ MUNAL

"Une semaine de bonté, ou les sept éléments capitaux"

This exposition at Museo Nacional de Arte, which just opened to the public last thursday and will be ongoing until october 17, is a delight. Works by the German dadaist and surrealist artist Max Ernst, that have been showed to the public limited amounts of time, are now out to the open. 

While at the exposition, I came with various doubts, I question the reasons of the artist and pondered his intentions. I was fascinated with the apocalyptical sense to it from the floods and creatures. I myself, have a big influence of the apocalypse in my work. From stylistic features of half constructed appearance, which is intentional, to conceptual ideas of human deterioration. Max Ernst in this group of his work, takes the idea of violence and power. 

Some of the elements which called my attention the most where, how women are portrait from the erotic positions to the abuse over them, I found it curious to see that it is not until 'thursday' when women also have bird heads, but never lion heads. What is Ernst stating with this? If anything, I don not have an answer. 

Secondly the eggs! Since I also use this image, to me an egg has a personal meaning as well as researched concept. In the exposition in the last section there was a quote which allowed me to understand myself and my intentions to a new and refreshing level: "The universe of the artist impregnant in an egg - like a fragil world, still secret- "

The personal meaning the egg has in my work, and the reason for which I include both a whole egg and an open egg, is to break out of the egg, to have faith, and go out and do what you want, to put effort. Yet there is a side of me which I'll rather keep to myself, from ideas and perspectives. Writing this post is something a year ago I wouldn't have even thought of, having my thoughts on the internet. But I must say, it is quite amusing.

I have to recognize that the dada movement has had an influence on me, and on my work. While I observed Mr. Ernst clever overlayed images and drawings I couldn´t avoid thinking about different pieces I have created. All thought "Une semaine de bonté, ou les sept éléments capitaux" differs from other works by Max Ernst, it proves the calibre of his artistic skills and elasticity within medias and techniques. It is a quality which I admire, as I myself love to experiment with all type of materials, yet there is a long road of knowledge and practice I am just beginning to enter.

Artists in the Dada movement may have used magazines and newspapers to produce their collages, but it is the XXI st century and medias have evolved.

Here is a link to my tumbler where I just published a video I did last night, sequence of digital collage.d. images, the audio is also a product of my imagination, from the beat to the helium.ed effect voice, to the lyrics. 

http://strangestrangerpeople.tumblr.com/