Reading Dietrich Bonheoffer’s The Cost of Discipleship and I am struck with the magnitude of horror that was experienced by so many thinkers and artists during WWII; and the subsequent outpouring within their work. Bonheoffer’s writings and poetry offer a great insight.
I’ve been thinking on the question of what compels me to draw. This has led to questioning what has moved other artists to pick up …
At age eight his shell collection proved worthy of purchase by the Department of Natural History at the Amsterdam Royal Zoo, and things escalated from there… The works are refreshing, freehand and candid markings from masters in the world of art.
Carcasses; wild, and beastly, rabid monkeys; vampirical clergy with devouring mouths and similar ideas proliferate Bacon’s work.
Ancient Greek epics swell and billow with the hot steam of a potent mythology. It is a remedy to life that once infused the ancients, and continues to mystify and propel today.
Tag: Art History