Doctrinal Nourishment  -  Theresa Papanikolas

Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor

KORTE INHOUD

A sharp send-up of authoritarian hubris--in which bloated, self-satisfied, bare-bottomed public officials excrete a foul diet literally to be swallowed by the masses--the etching Doctrinal Nourishment (1889/95) is one of Belgian artist James Ensor's most politically scathing works. Through a close reading of this print in its political context, curator Theresa Papanikolas traces how Ensor's youthful immersion in Belgian anarchist circles led him to develop violent and grotesque imagery through which he hope...
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2009 Uitgever: Los Angeles County Museum of Art 88 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0875871992 ISBN-13: 9780875871998