Multimedia Collection
Degenerate Art
VHS
60 minutes
1993
N6868 .D33 2002
Entartete Kunst [ent-AR-te-te Koonst] (Degenerate Art) was the title of an infamous art exhibition mounted by the Nazis in Munich in 1937 as a means of defaming the works of Germany's most compelling modern artists. Based on a 1991 Los Angeles County Museum of Art reconstruction of the original installation, this documentary brings to life the historical context of the 1937 exhibition and examines the far-reaching effects of the Nazi's vilification of the avant-garde in Germany. The life and work of several artists whose very existence was threatened by the suppression of modern art are highlighted.
Through archival footage of Nazi book burnings, installation shots of the original Entartete Kunst exhibition, and interviews with historians, art critics, family members of several defamed artists, and eyewitnesses to the 1937 exhibition, "Degenerate Art" offers a rare look at a dark chapter in modern history.
Distributed by Home Vision Entertainment.
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