Do you remember this movie? I do. At one point, some Egyptian child weighs his heart on a scale in hopes of joining his parents as stars in the night sky. Also, it had to be explained to Cookie Monster that he could not eat Cezanne's apples. The whole thing has really stuck with me. I only mention this memory because, this past Saturday, I visited the Met for the first time at night. I won't go into how wonderfully spooky the Greek statues or hieroglyphs made me feel, but I will suggest that you pay a visit to "Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s". It is a diabolical feast of caricatures with Otto Dix ferociously carving his fellow citizens into their most deprave forms. A host of other artists, members of the "New Objectivity" play along and make for a shocking exhibit. My boy, Georg Scholz, makes only a brief appearance with a self-portrait--far on the tame end--but I was duly compensated. 
Max Beckmann, Heinrich Maria Davringhausen, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Karl Hubbuch, Ludwig Meidner, Christian Schad, Rudolf Schlichter, Georg Scholz, and Gert H. Wollheim all feature. Go! The accompanying book is a fine object. Click here for information on essays contained therein.
- MS
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