How to Explain Paintings to a Dead Hare
There is one dead guy
keeping in his arms a dead hare;
both are sitting quietly in front of the audition
Beyond them there’s a black and white
gloomy environment with canvases
The rabbit sleeps inside of a dull daze
dreaming about a chap with a dead fellow –
this is the art for the bio-ethics,
strangely emerged
The skin on his face hits the ground
as the rain plummet hits the desert…
His shirt is stained by a black blood
from the introvert hare –
those who make photos are throwing
their eyes beneath the photo cameras
The guy has escaped from the gulag of rabbits
and freezes his sensations
in front of the blitzkrieg light;
pushing an animal in service of art
looks reckless and mean…
This audition is watched by
reckless and mean silhouettes
passing by
Both, the chap and the hare,
are lifeless in a motionless photo…
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The poem is inspired from the photo with the same title: © Joseph Beuys photo, 26 November 1965
© Marius Surleac
bravo, e una din performace-urile mele preferate asta a lui beuys.
Danke schoen Mihai. Indeed this is one of the most known Beuys’ photos. Glad you liked it.
Cheers,
Marius