Pierre Jahan French, 1909-2003
L'Operette, 1970
Photo-collage sur décalcomanie.
25,5 x 19,5 cm
Unique
Signed bt the artist on the lower right
His photocollages are similar to Max Ernst's collages for Une Semaine de bonté (1934), a true collage-novel. Like Max Ernst, the technique allows Jahan to give sight to apparitions, or unexpected analogies. But he excludes the mystical occultism of Max Ernst in favour of humour, or small political or cultural vignettes. The Temps moderne series oscillates between the burlesque imagination, such as L'Opérette, an almost Dada composition in its superimpositions, or 1944..., L'Homme qui venait du froid (The Man who came from the Cold), and L'Age d'or (The Golden Age), casting an ironic eye on history and current events.
His photocollages are similar to Max Ernst's collages for Une Semaine de bonté (1934), a true collage-novel. Like Max Ernst, the technique allows Jahan to give sight to apparitions, or unexpected analogies. But he excludes the mystical occultism of Max Ernst in favour of humour, or small political or cultural vignettes. The Temps moderne series oscillates between the burlesque imagination, such as L'Opérette, an almost Dada composition in its superimpositions, or 1944..., L'Homme qui venait du froid (The Man who came from the Cold), and L'Age d'or (The Golden Age), casting an ironic eye on history and current events.