A collection of working class and other assorted illustrations by German council communist artist Gerd Arntz.
Gerd Arntz illustrations
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Ha, I was actually minutes
Ha, I was actually minutes away from starting to compile images for the library before i saw this...
Lol, I've been meaning to do
Lol, I've been meaning to do this for a couple days. Hate to take work from ya man!
Thanks very much for posting,
Thanks very much for posting, I've gone through and added the date they were done, as well as any descriptive information into the Title fields. If anyone finds any more of his illustrations anywhere please feel free to edit them in!
couple of good colour ones *
couple of good colour ones * from this blog post
http://www.barrikade-moers.de/2011/03/11/ich-habe-mir-manche-illusionen-erst-gar-nicht-gemacht-gerd-arntz/
* after finishing a print run, he would paint the wood blocks used to print them.
My internet upload connection
My internet upload connection is terrible, so i can only post links, but here is the AAUE mag with Arntz's picture on the front.
RÄTE means council (as in workers council).
Incredible stuff really, these issues were produced in 1927 and 1928, just before Hitler's rise to power.
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/back-issues/creative-review/2011/march/gerd-arntz
There is a hi res copy of the articles, with readable text, in this book
@ Steven No problem. I'll
@ Steven
No problem. I'll upload additional images in the not too distant future, and be somewhat more descriptive, lol.
i think that a huge part of
i think that a huge part of the book mentioned above are online.
http://books.google.de/ebooks?id=Y6znZZ0_wI8C&printsec=frontcover&hl=en&redir_esc=y&pg=GBS.PT46
Harrison wrote: My internet
Harrison
Die Proletarische Revolution was the paper of the so-called Frankfurt-Breslau current of the AAU-E which was pretty much influenced by Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology and its interpretation by Otto Rühle and Alice Rühle-Gerstel, they merged in 1931 with the remains of the AAUD to form the KAUD
Harrison - If you know of any
Harrison - If you know of any specific illustrations that you think should be uploaded, feel free to link them. I didn't know if I should add the color versions, but I can always edit them in.
I think 'Dance of the Dead' is probably the most intense Arntz illustration that I've come across yet. Impressive.
If anyone finds 'Show' to be inappropriate, just edit it out. I found a couple of images depicting brothels in a pretty neutral manner, so if nobody objects I can add them as well.
Thanks for your work on
Thanks for your work on this.
Interestingly, I walk past this gallery space in Shoreditch the other day, and the front window was covered in Gerd Arntz isotypes arranged to tell a story of autonomous working class struggle in the 20th century, which was pretty neat. It was closed so I don't know who did it, and can't find anything by googling it either…
no.25 wrote: Harrison - If
no.25
cheers, could i ask you to upload the AAUE mag image?
also this image is a better quality image than the one currently posted up
http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/art/images/arntz04.gif
Just to say, Harrison, you
Just to say, Harrison, you can make these changes yourself - just click the edit tab
thanks, but the problem is
thanks, but the problem is that the upload speed on the broadband in my uni halls is super crap, not even strong enough to attach things to emails or upload images. i think it's because someone on the network is sharing files on bittorrent
Steven. wrote: Interestingly,
Steven.
Sounds rad. If you think Arntz's isotypes would make a good addition to the archive, I can always upload them.
Harrison
Done.
can we get some more tags on
can we get some more tags on this? how about 'AAUE' and 'council communism'