unir ton système nerveaux au mien dans la nuit profonde de la connaissance, 1936
the swan is very peaceful, 1920
shoot the moon, 1972
illustration from répétitions, paul éluard, 1922
kleist, brentano, arnim:caspar david friedrich, seelandschaft mit kapuziner
1972
loplop, supérieur des oiseaux, 1928
paramythes, 1967
les diamants conjugaux, 1925
quelques animaux dont un illettré, 1973
l'oiseau dans la forêt, 1927
forest, 1926flowers appear. shell flowers, feather flowers, crystal flowers, tube flowers, medusa flowers. all of his friends were transformed into flowers. all flowers metamorphosed into birds, all birds into mountains, all mountains into stars. every star became a house, every house a city.
text from max ernst: his life and work, thames & hudson, 2006
all images by max ernst
6 comments:
that is a really nice quote.
there are just so many birds, hard to keep track of them all, and they fly so fast!
yes, so many birds! it's hard to keep up. thank you so much m.
just found another fine quote:
"magician of subtle palpitations, max ernst set free a flock of doves whose heat, whose fears, whose wishes our fingers would like to but cannot feel, because bones covered with flesh are hardly worthy of serving as perches for birds of spirit."
preface to the catalogue, max ernst: ses oiseaux, ses fleurs nouvelles, paris, galerie georges bernheim, 1928
that is a wonderful quote.
magician - palpitations...
those are beautiful words, esp. in relation to birds.
you might enjoy this one, too:
"max, it is well known, thought of himself as a bird... i saw a creature more gothic - but feathered, yes."
julian lévy, memoir of an art gallery
So wonderful. Scrolling through your site I first saw "les diamants conjugaux" which I knew, but didn't immediately connect to Ernst, then I clicked on "shoot the moon" and wondered who could have made it. I then stared at the title "kleist, brentano, arnim" thinking what could this book and this image possibly be, with hans bellmer-like structures and referencing my favorite Germans. More scrolling, stomach twirling, and the big reveal: all Ernst!
To clarify, that quote is by Max Ernst?
Thanks!
thanks for the wonderful comment and i apologize for the delay - not sure, but i believe that the shell flowers quote is from notes of his own - the book this came from is intended to be an autobiographical collection, of sorts (with inclusions from dear friends).
you may be interested in looking at this *this* article to find out more, too.
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