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Systems of power

01 Tuesday Apr 2025

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Abuse of power, Dada, Force, gedicht, graphics, philosophy, photography, poetry, Pressure

Those in power know how to gain control:

First, intimidation is an effective means to suppress the voice of opponents.

If necessary, step up and use terror: this works by paralyzing opposition.

Acceptance

If you accept to be beaten
if you dig to be eaten,
then be my guest.

photo of ancient head of wall-sculpture (Stedelijk Museum Breda, NL)

The Pursuit

If you are hunted, and if you are a prey
you better prepare for this fact.
Ignorance and denial are the weak spots in your armour.

The Pursuit, DM, ink transfer under pressure, February 18, 2025

(c) Drager Meurtant, all images and texts

Our troubled times // Onze getroebleerde tijd

05 Wednesday Mar 2025

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collage, contemporary, Dada, gedicht, kunst, philosophy, poetry, poezie, political

(1) More Turmoil

“Trouble loving tirans and their company
follow gut feelings and grudge
happy to steer all into the abyss”

(1) Meer beroering

“Tirannen en hun volgers
die hun onderbuikgevoel en wrok
allen in de afgrond doen storten”

(collage monotype fragments and book, DM, 2025)

(2) Out of curiosity (puzzled)

“Words have started to battle
with meaning;
positions move by whim
and denial has become the
new religion.
Now push the reset button.”

(2) Uit nieuwsgierigheid (verward)

“Woorden zijn gaan strijden
met betekenis,
posities worden grillig ingenomen
en ontkenning is het
nieuwe geloof geworden.
Druk nu de ‘reset button”

(monotype ink-transfer under pressure, 22×26 cm, DM, 2025)

(c) Drager Meurtant, http://www.meurtant.exto.org

The Destiny of the Line / Het Lot van de Lijn

24 Wednesday Jan 2024

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, creation, Dada, Figurative art, graphics, kunst, poem, poetry, poezie, Uncategorized

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Dada, gedicht, kunst, monotype, philosophy, poetry, poezie, primitive

The line was drawn by / two fingers of a cramped / hand of the writer who wanted / words catched in image, this time / but halfway the paper / had to experience the line let / loose of the tip of the pencil,

and / next

moved freely through space / – that served the scene – / to land in the end / in a dash, or dot / on the ceiling.

Content – where the ink was scraped, there came content (DM, 2021, monoprint)

De lijn werd getrokken door / twee vingers aan de krampachtige / hand van de schrijver die woorden, nu eens / in beeld wilde vatten / maar halfweg het papier / moest ervaren dat de lijn los liet / van de punt van het potlood,

en / vervolgens

vrijelijk bewoog in de ruimte / – die plaats bood voor de scene – / om uiteindelijk te landen / in een vlek, of punt / op het plafond.

(Text & image / terkst en beeld, Drager Meurtant, 2021-2024)

Thinking about earlier times / Denkend aan vroegere tijden

19 Sunday Jun 2022

Posted by dragermeurtant in abstract, archeology, art, creation, Dada, death, graphics, Greece, History, mental health, philosophy, poem, poetry

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Dada, gedicht, grafiek, Greece, linocut, linosnede, philosophy, poetry, poezie

Clouds and sun, and earth:
where I rest, there is
crumbly clay that harbours
the memory of a face, of
a jar in Hellas,
of a teacher at school.

Lino-cut / linosnede, DM, 2021

Wolken en zon en aarde:
waar ik rust, daar koestert
kruimelige klei de herinnering
van een gezicht, van
een kruik in Hellas,
van een leraar op school.

Graphics edition one (DM, 25-05-2021), poem 03-04-2022

Ensemble de Creatures and l’Autre Ensemble de Creatures

06 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by dragermeurtant in art, assemblage, creation, Dada, Figurative art, kunst, painting, poem, poetry, poezie, Uncategorized

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In 2014, and again in 2018-2019, artwork came into existence, that may be seen as ‘Ensemble de Creatures’

In 2014, en opnieuw in 2018-2019, ontstond een kunstwerk dat gezien wordt als een ‘Ensemble de Creatures.

(1) Ensemble de Creatures (2014)

Some creatures / placed behind glass and it’s double / others in front / all take their place / that is determined / by the other.

The house is a dream / which is within reach and / the cage protects against breakage.

Wings need a starting – or resting point.

The cadre / points to the space / outside.

ensemble de creatures-1

Sommige creaturen / geplaatst achter glas en wel dubbel / anderen ervoor / nemen ze ieder een plaats in / die bepaald wordt door de ander.

Het huis is een droom / maar binnen bereik en / de kooi beschermt tegen breuk.

Vleugels hebben een start- of rustpunt nodig.

Het kader / duidt de ruimte / daar buiten.

(c) Drager Meurtant, 2014 (mixed media, wood, metal, glass, ‘objets trouvés’, paint, 75x53x27 cm)

 

(2) At the start of the next ‘ensemble de creature’, this panel – having been used to separate the doghouse and dog run – was taken.

Aan het begin van het volgende ‘ensemble de creatures’, dit paneel was gekozen – eerder gebruikt om hondenhok van – ren te scheiden.

Ensemble de creature - outline

 

l’Autre Ensemble de Creatures (2018-2019)

Already, the flamed / pattern of the wooden panel / held the design of this painting.

The nails of the dog / (think it was a bouvier de flandres) / added scratches, that were given company / by the cutting effects / of an angle grinder.

The fields that surfaced / became creatures of some kind / as colors were applied.

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Het gevlamde patroon / in het houten paneel / bevatte al de opzet / van dit schilderij.

De nagels van de hond / (denkelijk een bouvier) / voegde krassen toe / die gezelschap kregen / door het bijtend effect / van een haakse slijper.

De velden die / aan het oppervlak kwamen / werden creaturen van enig soort / toen kleuren werden aangebracht.

Painting / Schilderij, winter 2018 – 2019. Poem / gedicht 6 Augustus 2019.

Alle text and images (c) Drager Meurtant.

http://www.meurtant.exto.org

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