In our earlier article on the German surrealist Michael Hutter (1963) and the subsequent interview with him, we’ve already been able to get to know the artist and his work extensively.
Melchior Grün
Recently, I came across some striking b&w illustrations by the artist that were more explicitly erotic in their portrayal in comparison with his other work. I was curious about their background and approached the artist. Michael told me that some of the images are from a book entitled ‘Melchior Grün‘ published in 1999 and 2000, for which he provided both text and illustrations.
Fig.1. ‘Melchior Grün performing a ballad‘
Rat Kings
The book features the weird adventures of a medieval bard, Melchior Grün. This character with his pointed hat experiences fantastic and gallant adventures on his journey and meets rat kings, magicians, monsters and erotic women. Stylistically, the work is a mixture of fresh fairy tale subjects and a parallel world from the Cthulhu mythos.
Evil Magician
The apperceptions combine to create a coherent, gloomy image with intertextual echoes: the evil magician evokes memories of Petrosilius Zwackelmann, the narrative of a “Journey to the Moon” seems to be based on the film of the same name by Georges Méliès (see video), the narrative style of Moritats is similar to biblical texts. The stories are quite erotic, but not really pornographic.
Fig.2. Book cover of ‘Melchior Grün: Fünf Moritaten (Melchior Green: Five Moritats)‘ (1999)
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The following images are loosely connected to the Melchior Grün tales and are more explicit in nature…
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Fig.13. ‘Lepidopterus‘
Fig.14. ‘Gartenbank (Garden Bench)‘
Fig.15. ‘Im Spiegel (In the Mirror)‘
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Fig.18. ‘Kanibalen (Cannibals)‘ (1999)
Fig.19. ‘Frau Mit Huendchen (Woman with Dog)‘ (1999)
Fig.20. ‘Alien Sex‘ (1999)
Fig.21. ‘Unicorn‘ (2015)
Fig.22. ‘Ausritt (Ride out)‘ (2016)
Fig.23. ‘Am pool (At the Pool )‘
Fig.24. ‘Akt (Act)‘ (2015)
Melchior Grün is available on Etsy.com…!!
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The above pics have been made available by the artist!
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