The Superhuman Crew (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

The Superhuman Crew (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) by Ensor, James. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780892365524.

Theyre selling postcards of the hanging Theyre painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town. Bob Dylan, from "Desolation Row" The Superhuman Crew brings together two visionary works of artJames Ensors masterpiece painting Christs Entry into Brussels in 1889 and Bob Dylans "Desolation Row." The result is a riveting visual and verbal experience. Ensors huge, vibrant, and startling canvas presents a scene filled with clowns, masked figures, andbarely visible amid the swirling crowdsthe tiny figure of Christ on a donkey entering the city of Brussels. "Desolation Row," from Dylans classic 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited, presents its own surreal portrait of modern life in strangely similar terms. These two vast works share a vision of the contemporary world as anarchic, grotesque, and absurd, and The Superhuman Crew combines them in a surprising, thought-provoking format. This book includes a complete reproduction and numerous details of Ensors painting, the full text of Dylans lyrics to "Desolation Row," and a compact disc with his recording of the song.