There
is a beautiful collage of a young woman, without her head, only
a sensual lock of hair. Her arm pierces a large seed shape, and
a red phallus falls nearby. The woman has lost her head, something
that does happen to women when they enter puberty and become
sexual. The Surrealists were enchanted with child-like women,
so the subject of puberty was especially erotic to them, puberty
being the years when a woman has just begun to menstruate, before
they have grown older. Ernst makes the collage so sumptuous in
color and form that you forget any political implications and
enjoy the beauty. |
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