The Superhuman Crew

by James Ensor and Bob Dylan

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This work brings together two works of art - James Ensor's "Christ's Entry into Brussels 1889" and Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row". Ensor's canvas presents a scene filled with clowns, masked figures and, barely visible amongst the crowd, the tiny figure of Christ on a donkey entering the city of Brussels. "Desolation Row" from Dylan's classic 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited" presents its own surreal portrait of modern life in similar terms. These two works share a vision of a contemporary world as anarchic, grotesque and absurd. The book includes a full reproduction and numerous details of Ensor's painting, the full text of Dylan's lyric and a compact disc with his recording of the song.
  • ISBN10 0892365528
  • ISBN13 9780892365524
  • Publish Date 21 October 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 30 August 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Getty Trust Publications
  • Imprint J Paul Getty Trust Publications,US
  • Pages 48
  • Language English