Sunday, September 14, 2014

Title: "Trench Warfare" Otto Dix, 1932.
Name: Wilhelm Heinrich Ottox Dix
  Born on December 2, in Gera. He is the oldest of four children born to Ernst Dix, an iron foundry worker, and Pauline Louise Dix, a seamstress. In 1910 Dix begins attending the School of Arts and Crafts in Dresden and visiting modern museums and galleries. The expressionist arts Max Klinger ad the philosopher Friedrich Nietszche have a profound influence on the young artist.

This picture depicts chaos to me, like a massacre happened "Trench Warfare" as the title suggests. It shows a world unsure of what is happening. I see skulls, possible dead bodies, bats. The lightening is bright and colorful which normally signifies hope and happiness, but there is nothing happy and hopeful about this picture. It screams utter chaos, despondency and despair. This picture depicts what the Dadaist believe and saw the world as "if life is ugly then art should be ugly too".

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