The first significant artwork of the 20th century is The Road to Hell, a 1900 drawing by Alfred Kubin that depicts a tunnel, at the end of the tunnel is a woman, between this woman’s legs disappear rectangular boxes speeding towards her.
This entry is part of a new series: “100 artworks that set the world on fire (while no one was watching)”, inspired by Wire’s 100 records that set the world on fire (while no one was listening).
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There are a 1001 reasons not to like Jarosław Kukowski , the first one probably that his art is kitsch. But so is Odd Nerdrum‘s, John Currin‘s, Hajime Sorayama‘s and most other new figurative artists of the post-war era. There is only one reason not not to like Kukowski, and that is this Venus.
Dessins Erotiques II (1971) – Bertrand
While Bertrand is not exactly canonical to me (too Giger-esque for my tastes), he was published by Eric Losfeld (and anything published by Losfeld is of interest to me). Besides, I quite like the grotesque eroticism on the cover above. Tip of the hat to John Coulthart, who appears to be new to me. I’ll try to find more on Bertrand and Hubert Juin, who wrote the text to this volume.
Here is the first series of Dessins Erotiques
Dessins Erotiques (1969) – Bertrand
This one has an introduction by cinema critic Raymond Borde.
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It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World (1984) – The Residents
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Labyrinth (1963) – Jan Lenica
Labyrinth is a 1963 Polish animation film directed by Jan Lenica. The original soundtrack is by Wlodzimierz Kotonski.
Is this an original poster to the Panic Movement?
The Panic Movement included Roland Topor, Alexandro Jodorowsky, Fernando Arrabal, Olivier O. Olivier, Christian Zeimert, Diego Bardon, Sam Szafran, Abel Ogier, Michel Parré, Roman Cieślewicz, Jérôme Savary and Jacques Sternberg.
Dessins panique (1965) – Roland Topor
Some more Topor.
Dead Time on Dailymotion.
About the inhabitants of planet earth the film says: “they are provided with four limbs, two to advance or to recoil, the inferior ones, and two to kill, the superior ones. ”
Tip of the hat to the Topor-et-moi blog.
