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'The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses: Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, and the Painter' by Max Ernst 1926 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those three are definitely getting off to it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Due to their voyeuristic presence there, the scene turns slightly sadistic, as if the witnesses – representatives of Surrealism – are enjoying the display of pain and the desecration of a religious symbol.

https://artschaft.wordpress.com/2018/04/18/max-ernst-the-virgin-spanking-the-christ-child-1926/