Max Ernst and Alchemy : : A Magician in Search of Myth / / M. E. Warlick.
Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different perspective on Ernst and alchemy, how...
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