35955 ¥288 In the Paintings of Dix & Lea, ~~~~~~~~

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THE MEANING OF WAR
DOES NOT EMANATE FROM TACTICAL MOVEMENTS OR DIVINE PROCLAMATIONS ANYMORE?
Instead, if you want to understand war, don't look up at the generals on the hilltops, or at angels in the sky,
but look straight into the eyes of common soldiers! In Lea's painting, the gaping eyes of a traumatized soldier
open a window onto the terrible truth of war... In Dix's painting the truth is now so unbearable that it must be
pàrtly concealed behind a gas mask! No angels fly above the battlefield any longer ~ only a rotting corpse is
dangling from a ruined rafter & pointing an accusing finger? Artists such as Dix & Lea thus helped overturn
the traditional hierarchy of war! NUMEROUS WARS IN EARLIER TIMES WERE CERTAINLY AS HORRIFIC AS
THOSE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY! However, hitherto even the most atrocious experiences were placed
within a wider context that gave them some positive meaning? War might be hell, but it was also the gateway
to heaven! A Catholic soldier fighting at the Battle of White Mountain would say to himself: "TRUE, I AM SUF-
FERING! But the Pope & the emperor say that we are fighting for a good cause, so my suffering is therefore
MEANINGFUL!" Otto Dix employed an opposite kind of logic. He saw personal experience as the source of all
meaning, hence his line of thinking said: 'I AM SUFFERING ~ AND THIS IS BAD ~ HENCE THE WHOLE WAR
IS BAD! IF THE KAISER AND THE CLERGY NEVERTHELESS SUPPORT THIS WAR,
THEY MUST BE MISTAKEN!'
Voor deze ouwe Mòr dient myDi aldus
als vijfenzeventigjarige 'verrekijker' & 'microscoop': ik probeer te zien
wàt er omging, omgaat & ontstaat in 't menselijk brein & alles waarmee we ons omgaven, omgeven & mee
blijven omringen? Vandaar Mordechai & Esther, Dawiedewiedewied & Bathsjeva, Adam & Eva, Kaïn & ABEL!
Wereldwijd in alle tijden, dorpen, steden, woestijnen, jungles, mensen- & natuurreservaten sinds 1984 & in
Big Brothers/Sisters: gisteren, vandaag, morgen & alles wat daaruit voortkomt? En lezen gaat nu eenmaal
veel makkelijker per pc/mobiel/tablet met ouds & nieuws:
de tand des tijds & 't inzicht wijds ~ elke dag
weer 'opnieuw', ànders, dieper, verder,
intenser & kleuriger in
droom ÈN daad!
't Allersimpelst
hulpmiddel...










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