Thursday, 8 September 2011

Tate Modern 8/9/11









Part of the Poetry and Dream exhibitiuon with pieces related to surrealism and the power of the uncocious to inspire and create. I took photos of some pieces i felt captured the essence of utopia and dystopia.





Jannis Kounellis b.1936

Untitled 1979

Charcoal, paper, arrows and stuffed birds
displayed: 3600 x 5000 mm
installation









Giorgio de Chirico 1888-1978

The Painter's Family 1926
La Famille du peintre

Oil on canvas
support: 1464 x 1149 mm frame: 1630 x 1320 x 80 mm
painting












Francis Picabia 1879-1953

Otaïti
1930

Oil and resin on canvas
support: 1940 x 1303 mm
painting













Paul Delvaux 1897-1994

Sleeping Venus 1944
La Vénus endormie

Oil on canvas
support: 1727 x 1991 mm
painting







Max Ernst 1891-1976

Forest and Dove 1927
Forêt et colombe

Oil on canvas
support: 1003 x 813 mm frame: 1200 x 1012 x 66 mm
painting












John Heartfield 1891-1968

Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf 1930
Wer Bürgerblaätter liest wird Blind und Taub

Magazine
image: 380 x 285 mm
on paper, print











John Heartfield 1891-1968

War and Corpses - The Last Hope of the Rich 1932

Magazine
unconfirmed: 385 x 650 mm
on paper, print








John Heartfield 1891-1968

Adolf, The Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Rubbish
1932

Magazine
unconfirmed: 385 x 275 mm
on paper, print











John Heartfield 1891-1968

Blood for Iron 1937

Magazine
unconfirmed: 385 x 275 mm
on paper, print













John Heartfield 1891-1968

Top: 5 Fingers has the Hand 1928

Poster




Bottom: For Bread and Freedom 1930

Special issue of AIZ magazine















John Heartfield 1891-1968

Twenty Years Later!
1934
Nach Zwanzig Jahren!

Magazine
image: 385 x 650 mm
on paper, print







Some more pieces from John Heartfield.

















































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