Der Krieg

by Disphotic

I was just at the Wellcome Institute’s new exhibition on death in art, review possibly coming soon. Most exciting was coming into a room and finding Dix’s entire ‘Der Krieg’ series of about fifty etchings on one wall. I think Dix’s work is amazing, this series executed several years after the wars end is like some sort of monstorous attempt at exorcising nightmares, more like outside art in many ways than something by an artist as talented and technically capable as Dix. It’s incredibly powerful, partly because it feels so frenzied and uncontrolled. I really, really recommend going to see the whole exhibition but these especially are worth seeing in the flesh.