This week, Rob Brezsny, in his Free Will Astrology, introduces us to a new image - well, new to me anyway:
Max Ernst:
The Blessed Virgin Chastises the Infant Jesus, 1926
It's beautiful to look at, and it does what art is supposed to do - shakes our minds out of their comfortable preconceptions and makes us look at things afresh. It's - the Shock of the New....
"The Shock of the New" was the title of a brilliant documentary series on the art of the 20th Century, written and presented by the Australian critic, Robert Hughes. You can watch the entire glorious feast here:
Then you can go to "The New Shock of The New", Hughes' updating essay from 2004, which has a link on the same page.
