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KrfrwjQi x-~z A? . - ; . A - r' Z x /' ■■' ' Jr ' fffiz . \W\ ■** n j'V j»< x.' ji \SSL • v wf. Bf] f 1 Kn I Riv ■ v THE LIGHTER SIDE OF EDVARD MUNCH. Munch’s work reveals his preoccupation In the Norwegian artist’s lifetime, his are downright uncomfortable. with forces of desire, anxiety, jealousy, work was often banned from public • are thought provoking, loneliness and death. display. It contrasted vividly with Edvard Munch’s exhibition His lithograph above, for example, the romantic and naturalist paintings )iSolbr~ ; of 106 lithographs,‘Death and is titled — ‘The Dead Mother With Child.’ that were popular at the time. - Desire’, is now on display. And ‘The Funeral March’, shown opposite, Today his uneasy images Visit it now. You could find is also not lighthearted. continue to confront us. Some it enlightening. EDVARD MUNCH BB- > „ , ft "“ ' Cor r[ i ‘ , , io n E ’^? l “'? h ■■■FjH Robert McDougall Art Gallery Christchurch. Death and Desire BW T 22 January-28 February, 1988.