yr11_weimar_gallery_grosz

=The paintings of George Grosz= You head into the gallery of paintings by George Grosz.

Grosz was born in July 26, 1893 and died in July 6, 1959. He was German Artist who was very well known for his paintings done for Berlin in the 1920s. In his pierces of work he usually did them in pen and ink which he sometimes developed with water colours. He did the most he could to create Berlin and the Weimar republick in the 1920s, so he focused on corpulent businessmen, wounded soldiers, prostitutes, sex crimes and orgies. Grosz considered himself a propogandist of the social revolution. He not only depicted victims of the First World War, he also portrayed the collapse of the capitalist society and its values.

Here is a conversation between Grosz and me!  Me: Hello George, thank you for coming, how are you?  George: No problem *smiles* I’m very good thank you.  Me: I would like to talk to you about a quote you said, here it goes: “ My aim is to be understood by everyone. I reject the 'depth' that people demand nowadays, into which you can never descend without a diving bell crammed with cabbalistic bullshit and intellectual metaphysics. This expressionistic anarchy has got to stop... A day will come when the artist will no longer be this bohemian, puffed-up anarchist but a healthy man working in clarity within a collectivist society.”  what does this quote mean George ?  George: Well, well, i just think that all artists are all up their backsides, i am looking forward to the day where an artist will be just ordinary, and produce clear art so everyone can understand it. *smiles with pride*  Me: thank you, unfortunately the show is ending we shall meet again tomorrow at 9, good night everyone!  George: oh *looks unhappy* yes see you tomorrow, I am looking forward!  PUBLIC: *applauds*

The message of the painting to the left is that Grosz thinks that people are told what to think, they are machines. This is depicted by the numbers coming out the open head, also the man waving the German flag shows people told to be patriotic told what they should think and do. The message of the paintings to the right this is that Ebert has "Sh*t for brains" and although he's a socialist he is drinking champagne, so he's a hypocrite. After you have had a good look at the paintings,

Go East to the symphony hall Go North to Alexanderplatz Go West to the Music Hall