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Grotesque: Ancient and Modern
“In the famous Kerch terracotta collection we find figurines of senile pregnant hags. Moreover, the old hags are laughing. This is a typical and very strongly expressed grotesque. It is ambivalent. It is pregnant death, a death that gives birth. … Continue reading
Posted in art, Essays
Tagged Bellmer, Bruegel, Diane Arbus, Grotesque, Hieronymus Bosch, Mikhail Bakhtin, Rabelais
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