Ferlov Mancoba
Audio file 59-2
[continues from 59-1] Wonga speaks of Hieronymous Bosch's "They Haywain Triptych" (1512-1515), that Ejler Bille understood the ironic use of symbollism as a social vision but not the other Surrealists; Wonga suggests Sonja Ferlov Mancoba was disappointed the Surrealists were unable or unwilling to go deeper, realising needing to find her own way
Wonga continues from 59-1, reading essays from Linien art journal. Linien was a Danish art association that ran from 1934 to 1938, and Sonja Ferlov Mancoba was a member. The association published an art journal of the same name.
[tape stopped and restarted] Wonga goes to next article, disagreeing with a Marxist writer who cannot conceptualise "the spirit"
[tape stopped and restarted] Wonga turns to paper by Richard Mortensen on need for new Danish art teaching (such as Klee's and Kandinsky's contributions to the Bauhaus), but feels Mortensen misses the point that the academy should provide a social function
Wonga turns to a complaint by the Linien artists and considers poems by Gustav Munch-Petersen and Jens August Schade
[tape stopped and restarted] Wonga speaks of writing by Vilhelm Bjerke-Pedersen called "Social Kunst" which argues against social realism in art
[tape stopped and restarted] Wonga finds another article by Mortensen on the art academy; Wonga expresses his opinion on an art school should be, Ernest agrees
[tape stopped and restarted] Wonga interprets an article by Salvador Dali on the sexual social relationship of men and women in modern Occident; he finds Antonin Artaud's treatment of the subject to be deeper; Ernest adds a point about the libido; Wonga responds that sexual beauty is a "ghost-form" (as is case of Greta Garbo - and adds about the image of Adolf Hitler); Wonga concludes on Dali's article
prompted by Ernest, Wonga turns to Shakespeare as someone who both presents and analyses a social problem; Wonga criticises Piero Manzoni's "Merda d'Artista" as not true art given the path created by Marcel Duchamp
Facts
PDFAbout the recordings: Ernest Mancoba's son, Marc also known as Wonga, recorded interviews with his father. The interviews seemed to serve different purposes and are not in chronological order.
Ca.1990-2002 (59-2)
Ejler Bille
Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen
Hieronymous Bosch
Salvador Dali
Marcel Duchamp
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
Greta Garbo
Adolf Hitler
Wassily Kandinsky
Paul Klee
Piero Manzoni
Richard Mortensen
Gustaf Munch-Petersen
Jens August Schade