A new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art explores the puppet-centered universes created by the experimental animators known as the Quay Brothers. Cool!
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I have never been much interested in animation; yes, I have watched some of the more avant garde type stuff but never found it to be that appealing to me. To all their own I suppose. However, I stumbled across a few films on the infamous netflix that I am interested in watching, mostly because they are based in Paris. I came across these two incredible artists as I began to explore this artistic medium and found them to be quite intriguing. The Quays more often than not base their animations on the work of other writers and artists. Predominately taking their influence from East European art and literature, their films have been adaptations of texts by Bruno Schulz, Robert Walser, Franz Kafka and Lewis Carroll. Visually, their
imagery is a hybrid constructed from the depths of art history: Ernst, Bacon, Arcimboldo, Fragonard, Bosch and Escher all make fleeting appearances within their work.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1240?gclid=CK-lmsKH97ECFcZxQgodm0sAHw
I attached a youtube video of their most famous work "The Street of Crocodile"; from there you can explore some interesting interviews of the brothers and other cool clips. Enjoy!!!
Suzanne H. Buchan describes the narrative of another popular piece called Nocturna Artificialia as virtually “nonexistent: a solitary figure gazes out of his window, enters the nocturnal street, is transfixed by a passing tram, and suddenly, back in his room, falls from his chair and wakes up.” Their work seems incredibly inspired by existentialism. I will thus searching for their videos via appletv asap to purchase for later this week. The weather calls for stormy weather; a perfect match for creepy puppet movies.
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