Tag Archives: Erhard Gopel

hanging by a thread

Max Beckmann studied medieval German art, the triptychs, loaded with gory, violent scenes of Christian martyrdom, at its most inglorious and vulgar incarnations of the human grotesque. In his modern condition, the contradictions of Weimar, there is none of the … Continue reading

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WEIMAR: “CREOLE LOVE CALL” on the Rhine

Everyone loves to throw around the Weimar metaphor, from pundit Glenn Beck to America’s anarchist in residence Noam Chomsky, and a contingent of microphone friendly  snake oil salesmen in between…Crazy or sane, left or right, the analogies of fear mongering … Continue reading

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