Max Ernst was a self taught artist with a deep interest in psychology, philosophy and freudian theory. He also is reported to have suffered trauma during trench warfare during the 1st world war. These experiences seem to strongly influence the subject matter of his art work. This image above is a montage of black and white or sepia photographic elements and drawings superimposed on a background. The floor seems separate from the back drop that looks either curtained or a form including pillars. There is a fragmentation and dreamlike quality to this image. Photomontage is a way of creating this fragmentation and I wonder if that is why it was a choice of artists during such a traumatic time in their own and their communities lives. It facilitates the communication of fracture and a broken world, possibly more than any other art form.
The headless and armless body on the right of the picture seems to be floating above the ground with a drawn bird to replace her head. it seems a spirit from of the body still grounded. The body on the left has replacement drawn body parts and a round disc binding the lower legs and so preventing walking. This reminds me of the report of dreams or nightmares when trying to escape from something awful, muscles can't work or something prevents the body moving to escape. The content of the image on looking again and again becomes more disturbing. The exposed body parts and fracture of body and spirit communicate the destruction of beauty, as the elements of the picture are all beautiful but assembled in this way powerfully communicate horror and nightmare.
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