“In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream, Lingering in the golden gleam. Life, what is it but a dream?”
La Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice In Wonderland with a small exhibition (curated by Giulia Quintabà & Maria Luisa Pieri).
This consists of book illustrations from a range of editions of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson’s timeless classic, together with photographs, objects and brief biographical information.
One of the illustrations for the Treviso Comic Book festival
34 designs are by artists in collaboration with the Treviso Comic Book Festival and these are far preferable to the sappy Disney style illustrations in some of the books on display.
These do not top the original drawings by Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914) which are still the ones that best stand the test of time.
The surrealism and wonderful strangeness of Lewis Carroll’s work means that it’s a work that never really goes out of fashion and remains as popular with adults as with children. Continue reading
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Any doubt that religion is the prime target is dispelled by the closing sequences where we see a Christ-like figure leaving a sadistic orgy to the sound of tribal drumming and an image of a crucifix decorated with women’s scalps as jolly music plays. If ever there was a film that was made to be banned, then this is it. Salvador Dali and Buñuel could not realistically have expected official endorsement for the manner in which they show such wanton disrespect for bastions of the establishment and the catholic church in particular. It was made in 1930 and it was not until 1979 that it received formal premiere in the U.S. Better late than never.
One of the guiding principles of surrealist artists like Salvador Dali, Max Ernst or Luis Buñuel was that ideas and images should defy rational explanation.
