Documentary |Degenerate Art – The Nazis vs. Expressionism| 1993

Degenerate Art – 1993, The Nazis vs. Expressionism (56 mins)

This is a documentary from 1993 by David Grubin (written, produced, and directed) about the art exhibit under the Nazi regime of what they considered to be the most corrupting and corrosive examples of what they called ‘Entartete Kunst’ or ‘Degenerate Art.’

The exhibit, which opened in July of 1937, was meant to be laughed at and despised. The film is not generally available (other than on VHS).

Personally, I could think of no better backdrop for the ideas and pathos of expressionist art than Nazi Germany, shown by a great deal of actual footage (most provided by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – they had an exhibit of their own based on the event that same year).

The music includes Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Wagner. All of the art shown is referenced by name in the end credits.

 

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THE ART THAT HITLER HATED

The Art That Hitler Hated The Sins of the Fathers BBC Imagine BBC Documentary NOV. 2014

 

Anselm Kiefer documentary on BBC Imagine | Robert Hughes on Anselm Keifer

“I never throw anything away. It can all be reused or transformed.”

Catch up on ‪#‎AnselmKiefer‬ on last night’s ‪#‎Imagine‬, aired on BBC One http://bbc.in/1zCYIeZ

it may not play in some regions outside the yUK, in which case see below…

There is no-one quite like Anselm Kiefer. Having achieved fame and notoriety in equal measure in the 1980s, he has become one of the world’s most singular and successful artists. Working with themes of history, memory and mythology, Kiefer produces work that is consistently controversial, and monumental in its scale and ambition.

In this IMAGINE… Alan Yentob joins the artist at his studios in France and Germany as he prepares for a retrospective at the Royal Academy. In a series of frank interviews set against the backdrop of his awe-inspiring studios, Kiefer discusses the impact of his most significant pieces, installs a selection of new work, and explains why he is as excited and driven by his practice now, at the age of 69, as he was when he began.

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An analysis of Anselm Kiefer ‬by art critic, the late Robert Hughes, of one of the most inspiring artists today. A very good fragment of Hughes’ series on modern art – The Shock Of The New.