"Behind this rejection one could sense a realization that the deep and intense despair that had triggered off the first post-war works had been rendered harmless to the point of cuteness by the subsequent, reverential appreciation of Dada. The artistic character now so matter-of-factly attributed to these works was by no means intended by Max Ernst and the other members of the Dada groups. This is indicated by the revolutionary, self-destructive elements that occur in so many of Ernst's texts. Not only do they pillory and abuse established society, their hate is equally directed inwards, expressing itself in self-abasement and a radical renunciation of humanistic values and of belief in utopias. After a phase of extreme disillusionment which, as all the texts in Bulletin D or die schammade indicate, could react to the destruction of war only by reviling and distorting established values all the more, there gradually emerged works in which the pendulum of destruction began to swing back. The radicality with which, in the course of a few months in 1919, Ernst demolished the institutional and definitional parameters of art both traditional and avant-garde was followed before the year was out by the building of the world of collage."
I have many styles; 1950s (general), goth, rockabilly, grunge, pikey, rave, punk, chav, metal, skater, skate-metal, 1980s (general), new wave, disco, 1990s (general), psychobilly, riot grrl, beatnik, early Madonna, ghetto, late 1980s/early 1990s acid house, thrash metal, early 1960s (general and girl group), 1940s (general), 1970s new york, late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk, art deco, hip-hop (various 1980s and 1990s), pop-punk, house music fan, jazz. Also I have OCD and pasta is only ok when brown. I live in Bristol because I really like The Pop Group.
