The mythic figure of Prometheus has inspired many poets, painters
and musicians since the age of romanticism. For Goethe and Henry
Fuseli, the titan who stole the fire from the gods of ancient Greek
became the embodiment of mankind struggling for autonomy and
self-determination. Yet the fire has come not only to our benefit.
Along with it came also menace upon mankind. This is the subject of
a major work by Venezuelan artist Javier Tellez. In his film
installation 1/2 Rotations (Prometheus and Zwitter) of 2011, two
sculptures slowly rotate before a camera: Arno Breker's (1900-91)
Prometheus and Zwitter (hermaphrodite) by the German art-brut
sculptor Karl Genzel (1871-1925). Both works were on display in the
Nazi propaganda art shows of 1937 in Munich, Breker's in the Great
German Art Exhibition and Genzel's in the coinciding defaming show
Degenerate Art. This new book juxtaposes paintings and drawings
reflecting the Prometheus myth by Henry Fuseli with Javier Tellez
capital work of contemporary art. It is published to coincide with
an exhibit at Kunsthaus Zurich in summer 2014.
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