Armor fou

Author

Foster, Hal

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

October. 1991, Num. 56, 64-97, 16 ill.

ISSN

0162-2870

Abstract (en)

Relates several works of Max Ernst and Hans Bellmer to a psychic apprehension of the body as armor, an apprehension considered in terms of fascism. Suggests that representations of the mechanical-commodified body in dada and surrealism, mostly dysfunctional automatons and dismembered mannequins, oppose the (proto)fascist ideal of the male body become weapon. Analyzes a suite of Ernst collages (1919-1920) in which the male body is treated as a ridiculous weapon or an impossible tool, and Bellmer's Die Puppe (1934-1935), a series of photographs of fragmented dolls.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Germany
• Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
• Bellmer, Hans, 1902-1975
• Collage
• Germany
• 1900-2000
• Photography
• Surrealism
• Dada
• Fascism
• Iconography
• Human figure
• Men
• Women
• Psychology
• Weapons
• Machinery
• Art
• Dolls

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Allemagne
• Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
• Bellmer, Hans, 1902-1975
• Collage
• Allemagne
• 1900-2000
• Photographie
• Surréalisme
• Dada
• Fascisme
• Iconographie
• Corps humain
• Hommes
• Femmes
• Psychologie
• Arme
• Machinerie
• Art
• Poupée

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00428078

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