Brauner, surrealist painter, Romanian of Jewish origin sought in his images to reply to the question \u201cWhat is the meaning of Being?\u201d His overall outlook is based on Empedocles\u2019 On Nature, according to which heads without a neck, arms without shoulders, and eyes without a face wandered on earth, until two superior laws, Love and Hate, collected these haphazard pieces and composed either monsters or divine creatures. In Brauner\u2019s work, these creatures sometimes keep a different self, often a heterogeneous one \u2013 of a different sex, or a different kind of species \u2013 hidden within themselves, or seek one, with which to unite. <\/p>\n
Employing the language of symbols of his religion, or of other ethnic religions (such as those of South America), of Mexican or Indian art, the artist provides the key for deciphering his images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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