{"id":267,"date":"2019-11-12T03:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T03:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/terencezhu\/?p=267"},"modified":"2019-11-12T03:57:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T03:57:22","slug":"max-ernst-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/terencezhu\/2019\/11\/12\/max-ernst-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Ernst- Jack of All Trades, Master of None"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Max Ernst Photograph<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Max Ernst was more than just a prolific artist, he was a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet. Ernst was also an artist with no formal training as well as a pioneer for dada and surrealism. Furthermore, Ernst invented the techniques of Frottage and Grattage. Constant\u00a0 themes of Ernst\u2019s work includes the use of symbolic birds, The dream-scape, and painting from his subconscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHere Everything is Still Floating\u201d (1920) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\tThe piece that demonstrates Ernst\u2019s unique collaging style would be \u201cHere Everything is Still Floating\u201d (1920). The piece creates a coherent piece out of unrelated cutouts and ends up being a fun outlet for the insanity of WW1 to Ernst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTwo Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale\u201d (1924) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\tErnst often paints with references to his own life. An example of this is \u201cTwo Children Are Threatened by a Nightingale\u201d (1924). It seems quaint at first but becomes more terror inducing as you look more into it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEurope After the Rain II\u201d (1940-42) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\t\u201cEurope After the Rain II\u201d (1940-42), depicts a futuristic apocalypse. It was also most likely based around the Spanish war and the beginnings of WW2. Executed well is the cluttered feeling of an aftermath of destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCelebes\u201d (1921) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The piece that I find most enjoyable is \u201cCelebes\u201d (1921). The piece takes a photograph of a vacuum cleaner and creates an imaginative dream-scape with it, and the headless nude that is with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBarbarians Marching to the West\u201d (1937) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another one I enjoy would be \u201cBarbarians Marching to the West\u201d (1937). I enjoy the feeling of inevitability and two giant figures of the piece. The dream-scape used here is framed very constrained and the one \u201cbarbarian\u201d leading left is very eye catching.
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