Sunday, March 15, 2009

Max Ernst

Max Ersnt, Frottage Skulls for Peret's je Sublime, 1936, Dada/ Surealism.



Although Max Ernst never recieved any formal artistic training, he is considered to be one of the main pioneerers of the Dada movement and was a major influence for surrealist. This work is an example of a graphic art technique invented by Ernst called frottage. It was made for a poetry book by Benjamin Peret and I find it appealing because I think skulls are cool.

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