Advantage of being on a server with a glitch.soc style fork: I can make just TWO long posts instead of a gazillion! :ablobcatnodmeltcry:
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Paintings done in 2016 for an art theory class in grad school, in response to the dadaist Hugo Balls' "Tenderenda der Phantast." It's, uhhhh. It sure is a book! (Look, you either jive with Dadaism or you don't and if I tell you that there is no "page" I can link you explaining about the book because it is that obscure in the grand scheme of things--the best I can do is a World Cat entry: https://search.worldcat.org/title/50271954 )
I drew all of these on tracing paper w/ non-photo blue pencil, then I inked and painted the back of these papers like cels. Each one was then glued onto a painted canvas where I basically just painted the background according to the subject. (So the first one looks cleaner due to the solemnity, the second one looks chaotic due to the subject matter, etc.) Really, I just wanted to imitate cel painting :P That part didn't work out but I like the accidental craft effect. Matches the movement, after all. :ai_holy:
All the paintings are based on strict descriptions directly from the book, with added context either pertaining to Ball or references to other existing things, past or present. I think I tried to aim for a painting per chapter but I can't remember anymore. There's six and here are the first four:
The Violet-Faced Seer, who uses a magnifying glass to trick laypeople (with my own response to my #1 awful cult of all time)
Mulche-Mulche, the Mother of Dada, with her Mister Fetus and the "Birth of Dada" in the form of a "little Jew" (aka Tristan Tzara) (yes, you read that right, don't blame me lmao)
Johann the Hobbyhorse (whose origin are metaphors, and referenced from Ball's stepdaughter Annemarie who he adored very much, you can still fight me on this)
Dagny, the bride to a fish, who knew of fishmaking (reference to Emmy, Ball's wife, who was good with fishes, plus Dagny was her pseudonym)
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