PURSUED BY MAX E. IN A WHEELCHAIR 1980

The series "Pursued by Max Ernst in a Wheelchair" (1979/80) marks a crucial transition: from a painterly exploration of the grotesque and the figurative to a sculptural, mechanically animated visual language. The experience gained from Super 8 animation films, in which movement was created using frame-by-frame techniques, is consistently transferred here into three dimensions.

Starting with mannequins, prostheses, found mechanical objects, and everyday items, a series of objects emerged that translates collage principles into the third dimension. The reference to Max Ernst is particularly striking: the figure reminiscent of his sculpture Capricorn and the eponymous "wheelchair" make the work a key piece. The ironic, yet existentially charged motif of "being persecuted" combines autobiographical elements, psychological experiences, and the obsessive act of creation.

At the heart of the installation is the "bed box," the artist's former childhood bed, which, as both an intimate and mechanical element, opens up a biographical depth. The figures are connected via fan belts, drive wheels, and electric motors: the "wheelchair," the "veteran," and the "Mother Earth Box" form a network of organic and mechanical relics that is set in motion—partly electrically, partly manually, like a barrel organ.

In this fusion of organic and mechanical elements, of personal memory and surreal humor, a multifaceted self-portrait emerges. The objects allude to the experience of the metropolis, the deprivation of nature, but also to a fascination with the improvised, the collaged, and the narrative. Thus, this body of work is not only a homage to Max Ernst, but also an independent commentary on the artistic position of the late 1970s: a synthesis of Dada, Surrealism, assemblage, and autobiographical mythology. Dr. Pelle Solus

Dr. Pelle Solus

_{Aufbau im Atelier Lindowerstrasse, Berlin}

_{Aufbau im Rehberge Park, Berlin, für den Film „Lokus Solus“ nach Raymond Roussel.}

_{„MUTTER-ERDE-KASTEN“, manuell-kinetisch}

_{Relief zu „VERFOLGT VON MAX E. IM ROLLSTUHL“, 1980, manuell-kinetisch, 160×60 cm}

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