Of Angel and PuppetKlee, Rilke, and the Test of Innocence

By Kenneth Gross
Built for his son from the scraps of daily life — matchboxes, beef bones, nutshells,
and plaster — Paul Klee’s hand puppets harbour ghosts of human feelings, fragile
communications from a world most adults have left behind. Kenneth Gross compares
these enchanted objects to angelic figures, in Klee’s artworks and the poetry of
Rainer Maria Rilke, helping us dance as well as wrestle with their visions of
innocence.

PUBLISHED
May 19, 2022