Galerie Hubert Winter

<p class="caption">Abbreviation of title:</p> <p>BEAST: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. "The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around." But this night, Tokyo lies crushed and silent under the dark, menacing shadow of... Godzilla."</p> <p class="caption">Full title:</p> <p>BEAST: "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast. "When Kong is put in chains and displayed in New York, the film evokes an unmistakable echo of the slave trade. Kong, in his brute strength and childlike emotions, is a cinematic symbol of the fear and fascination that black men elicited in white America." (Bogle) "The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control and not the other way around." Johnson was more than just a champion in the ring; he was a symbol of defiance against the racial order of the time. His very existence challenged the prevailing stereotypes of black inferiority and submissiveness. Hollywood, however, often reduced his complex persona into a mere caricature, focusing on his relationships with white women and his supposed brutishness, thereby reinforcing the racial fears of white America.(Bogle) The imagination responsible for its enactment dwells in another dimension where geography can be specified beyond regional areas, portfolios, markets, and other fixed entities serving the interests of a dominant minority. Afro Asia persists as an imprecise category of analysis because it is but the shadow of a world whose disclosure would make all too clear the meagerness of what presently qualifies for ‘world’ status”(Kee) "This is Tokyo. Once a city of six million people. What has happened here was caused by a force which up until a few days ago was entirely beyond the scope of man's imagination. Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world. There were once men who believed that this world belonged to them. But this night, Tokyo lies crushed and silent under the dark, menacing shadow of... Godzilla."</p>