Ines Lindner: “The Fabrication of the Marvelous: Snapshots and Montages in Max Ernst’s Collage Novels”

Ines Lindner, Assistant Professor of Art History, FORUM für Interdisziplinäre Studien Muthesius Kunsthochschule.

Public Lecture: "The Fabrication of the Marvelous: Snapshots and Montages in Max Ernst’s Collage Novels.”

Abstract: The marvelous is a key concept of Surrealism. Max Ernst fabricates the marvelous methodically through the use of illustrations from dime novels and popular science reproductions from the 19th Century. Frequently, he uses woodcuts from the journal La Nature, which illustrate articles on the development of chronophotography by Jules Étienne Marey and Albert Londe among others. He not only uses them as material for his collages, but the genuine photographic aspect of snapshots becomes the model for his montage strategies.

Note: If you would like to attend a seminar discussion with Prof. Lindner on Tuesday January 26 at 10am, please contact Professor Mary Hunter: mary.hunter2 [at] mcgill.ca.