13 Dec 2015
Posted by Victor-Katia as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein, Max Ernst
The Three Aspects Of Brutalization Of The Human Race – Social, Psycho-biological And Technological Epstein’s “Rock Drill” was perceived as a celebration of modern machinery and masculine virility… In 1940, however, recalling the horror of the 1914 – 1918 war in the context of the WWII, Epstein reinterpreted the sculpture much more negatively… “Here is […]
01 Jun 2014
Posted by victor as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Henry Moore, Paintings, sculptures and drawings analyzed
Henry Moore and the Paradox of Monumentality (Wrapped And Tied-Up Prophesy As Psychological Engine of Historical Process) Henry Moore, “Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object” (1942) It looks that according to Henry Moore civilization starts with a mysterious monument created by human imaginary. The first such monument to civilization was at the same time the […]