George Grosz, Cain or Hitler in Hell, 1944 General, your tank is a powerful vehicle.It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.But it has one defect:it needs a driver.General, your bomber is powerful.It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.But it has one defect:it needs a mechanic.General, man is very …
Bertolt Brecht – Generale, il tuo carro armato / General, your tank Read More »
Norman Rockwell, The american way, 1944 The war which is comingis not the first one. There wereother wars before it.When the last one came to an endthere were conquerors and conquered.Among the conquered the common peoplestarved. Among the conquerorsthe common people starved too. La guerra che verrànon é la prima. Primaci sono state altre guerre.Alla …
Bertolt Brecht – La guerra che verrà / The war which is coming Read More »
Felix Nussbaum, The damned, 1943 (In the dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing – about the dark times.) Once more they’re saying a great age will dawn (Anna, don’t cry) We’ve still got something to pawn. Glory’s back in the air (Anna, don’t cry) I’ve looked in the larder; …
Bertolt Brecht – Canto Tedesco / German Song, 1937 Read More »
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Profit, 1982 Truly I live in dark times! The guileless word is folly. A smooth forehead suggests insensitivity. The man who laughs has simply not yet heard the terrible news. What kind of times are these, when to talk about trees is almost a crime because it implies silence about so many horrors? …
Bertolt Brecht – A coloro che verranno / To Those Born Later Read More »
Aubrey Beardsley, Lucian’s strange creatures, 1894 O make me a mask and a wall to shut from your spies Of the sharp, enamelled eyes and the spectacled claws Rape and rebellion in the nurseries of my face, Gag of dumbstruck tree to block from bare enemies The bayonet tongue in this undefended prayerpiece, The present …
Dylan Thomas – Oh, fatemi una maschera / O Make Me A Mask Read More »
John Lavery, A convoy, North Sea, 1918 Sanford liked to play dirtytricks like piss in milk bottles, burn the legs off the spiders, torturedogs, put water in gas tanks, etc.he was full of dirtytricks.we grew up together.when World War II arrived he enlisted in theArmy Air Force.«the flyboys get all the pussy, » hetold me.on his …
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