२१ एप्रिल, २०१८

John Lennon didn't depict himself as Hitler.

I'm reading "Portraits by John Lennon depicting himself as Hitler going for $54K" (NY Post), which speaks of a "crude sketch" — from Lennon's art college days — that "shows Lennon on a podium with his hand raised in a Nazi salute and the words 'Heil John' repeated several times, as if being chanted by an audience below."

I had to look elsewhere to find the image:



That's not John as Hitler. That's John as John, getting the response from the crowd that Hitler got. Perhaps he simply longed for vast and unquestioning admiration.

I see that John wanted Hitler as one of the faces on the Sgt. Pepper album cover.

१७ टिप्पण्या:

buwaya म्हणाले...

Not an ideal student for art college then?

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan म्हणाले...

I don't know, someone just go $54,000 for one of his crude drawings.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

Hitler usually kept his hand up and back to receive the forward thrusts of the Germans' arms.

Achilles म्हणाले...

Imagine is more the International Socialist theme song.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

$54k is the asking price. Let's wait to see how much someone is foolish enough to pay for it.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

It wouldn't surprise me in the least to find that Lennon [but not Lenin] had a secret fascination with Hitler.

Etienne म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Kassaar म्हणाले...

Read Lennon’s early satire - In His Own Write (1964), A Spaniard in the Works (1965) - and you’ll see that this is satire too. His “spiritual” (Bhagwan) and political (Revolution, Imagine) grandstanding after 1966 was just a way to sell more albums.

D. म्हणाले...

Certain (((people))) are not amused oh dear.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I predict it will sell for more.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

Who's selling it and do they have the provenance?

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan म्हणाले...

My favorite Lennon tune.

Wince म्हणाले...

First it was Jesus, now we're hearing it was Hitler before that?

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

A portraits ... is being sold for $54,000.

So the article's headline is wrong: there's one portrait.

And the article's content is wrong: it sold for about $12,000, not $54,000:

Aproximadamente US $11,919.55

It's getting so you can't even trust the fake news any more.

chuck म्हणाले...

Hitler was a better artist but not so good at music. "Hitler had dreams of playing a musical instrument. He had short but unsuccessful lessons in piano and violin, and also dabbled in the flute and harmonica. In the end he settled for whistling, which he did frequently". So, sort of the anti-Lennon. Imagine ... if he had had musical talent.

Ken B म्हणाले...

Anything that discredits John Lennon is A-OK.

Joe म्हणाले...

But Lennon DID depict himself as Hitler. It may have been as satire, but he definitely did portray himself as Hitler.