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Blank against the twisting,
sinuous shore of Åsgårdstrand,
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two rocks, like the black eyes
of a snake,
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stare at him.
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I can't go on.
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A predominant characteristic
of Munch's work in this period
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is the lack of contact between
the human beings in his paintings.
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People remain isolated
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even though in direct
physical contact.
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The sensory organs disappear,
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faces become blank,
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hands are clubs or curved hooks,
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as the features of human contact
are eliminated.
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For Edvard Munch himself,
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human contact
is becoming a matter of fear,
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fear of his own ego
dissolving into the psyche
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and into the body of another.
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Colours, brushwork
and lines express so much.
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They are fantastic.
No artist can compete with him.
:46:39
To be honest, I don't like
these paintings at all.
:46:43
I am no art expert
but they don't say anything to me.
:46:47
I don't like his art at all.
:46:51
It's so unnatural. The colours are not
natural... blue trees...
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I don't like it. His figures are