The Shooting Gallery XII-Toyen 1939-1940The Shooting Gallery is a haunting series of lithographs by the enigmatic Toyen, portraying a young girl wandering in a strange and ominous world of dislocations; especially in size and scale. To my mind The Shooting Gallery appears to be a particularly sinister Surrealist sequel to the Alice books.
Mr. Cake, a fabulous series of lithographs. It would be hard not to make the connection with Alice, although these have captured a very dark view of Wonderland. A very enjoyable post, and yes, you do have an eye for great artwork. ~ Miss Cranes
These are pretty wild and wonderful. Picking out the little details… Certainly an Alice connection. And even a disembodied head. Bonus. What is wrong with me?
YESSS! I agree! All things come from Alice. To my thinking, she is about growth and figuring out societies that do not make sense (among other things.)
This is a recently published dual biography of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell and of course the fictional Alice… It is a brilliant book it is by Robert Douglas Fairhurst… Also recommended is the The Annotated Alice… I am a big fan
I was joking and referring to the Cheshire Cat’s observation that cats are mad because if you grant that dogs aren’t mad then the behaviour of a cat has to be construed as mad. A brilliant piece of absurd formal logic.
Au Chateau La Coste-Toyen 1946In the early 1930’s Jindrich Styrsky, the co-founder of the Czech Surrealist group made a pilgrimage to Provence, to …
At the Chateau La Coste
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Wow, nicely eerie with a haunted childhood feel. A surreal Alice in Wonderland, as you suggest.
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Thank you… I love Alice and I have a tendency to find her everywhere
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Wow
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Thank you… It is an interesting series
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Mr. Cake, a fabulous series of lithographs. It would be hard not to make the connection with Alice, although these have captured a very dark view of Wonderland. A very enjoyable post, and yes, you do have an eye for great artwork. ~ Miss Cranes
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Thank you…I thought you would like this series
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I do, very much. Each lithograph is filled with so much symbolism.
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It is Alice is definitely an inspiration I think…Toyen is an excellent and mysterious artist… Biographical information is hard to come by
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These are pretty wild and wonderful. Picking out the little details… Certainly an Alice connection. And even a disembodied head. Bonus. What is wrong with me?
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You are funny, though perhaps I need to avoid the disembodied heads for a while.
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Perhaps they are unavoidable!
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Not really
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The first thing I thought of was Alice when I saw the rabbit! I too am a bit obsessed with Alice in Wonderland 🙂
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I am obsessed as well, it can pretty well explain everything in life.
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YESSS! I agree! All things come from Alice. To my thinking, she is about growth and figuring out societies that do not make sense (among other things.)
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Among other things, so many things. It was like Carroll had a direct line to the unconscious in the Alice books
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Agreed. Human nature, subconscious nature, I think he got at a lot of peculiarities that were not normally discussed.
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I am reading the story of Alice right now, it is excellent I highly recommend it
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I read it every few years, Wonderland and Looking Glass 🙂
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This is a recently published dual biography of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell and of course the fictional Alice… It is a brilliant book it is by Robert Douglas Fairhurst… Also recommended is the The Annotated Alice… I am a big fan
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Sounds like a great book! I do have The Annotated Alice, love that.
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It is a fantastic book. My question is…are cats mad?
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Oh nooo! Cats are definitely not mad! Cats are wise 🙂
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I was joking and referring to the Cheshire Cat’s observation that cats are mad because if you grant that dogs aren’t mad then the behaviour of a cat has to be construed as mad. A brilliant piece of absurd formal logic.
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Yes, the Cheshire Cat had many ways to confuse and confound people, haha! The Cat, besides Alice, is my favorite character 🙂
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Agreed I love the Cheshire Cat
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Epic and amazing. Had to share this one on Twitter and Facebook.
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Thank you so much that is very kind of you
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🙂
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great collection, thanks for posting || rosajhberlandartconsultant.com
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Thank you for your kind comments. I have a couple of posts on Toyen I will forward them to you.
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Au Chateau La Coste-Toyen 1946In the early 1930’s Jindrich Styrsky, the co-founder of the Czech Surrealist group made a pilgrimage to Provence, to …
At the Chateau La Coste
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Omg these are incredible. Toyem is my new obsession thank you for introducing me to her!
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I will probably repost most o my posts on her over the coming days… she really is something. One of my favourites… this is a very eerie series
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