ABSTRACT MANUAL OF ANTI-ART DEFIES CRITICS

Authors

  • Ralf G Will Member of Semantic Scholar AI research web

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61841/480fgy93

Keywords:

Anthropology – ANTOA – Art Critic - DADA-movement – History – Literary - Performance – Schwitters - Social – Theatre – Untitled Event

Abstract

This article on ir-relevance of Art criticism and its perpetrators, the maligned re-viewers, explores how close Kurt Schwitter`s points of reference here are aligned to ANTOA, the New Theory of Art. Schwitters (pronounce Sh-wit-ash) as main exponent of Hannover`s circle of avantgarde artists in interregnum between World War I and II (ca 1920 to 1939), was an accomplished yet often misunderstood creator, busy in fields of painting, sculpting, graphic design and literature. Furthermore the link between Schwitter`s influential quote on the value of „Abstract Non-Art“ and 1950ies/60ies phenomena of theatrical performance are investigated. This as much as application of points 3 – old make new, 4 – abstraction, where does it come from and where does it lead to?and 5 – message and symbolism, in relation to ANTOA, come under the spotlight.I begin with an imaginary question from my series ROLE OF ARTIST IN SOCIETY, 24 INTERVIEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Author Biography

  • Ralf G Will, Member of Semantic Scholar AI research web

    Ralf G Will, born in Namibia, came to Germany with his parents in 1965 and grew up in Hamburg, Cologne and Munich. He took first literary steps as editor of his high-school journal near Munich and returned to Africa in 1983. After working as guide for photographic safaris and studying Anthropology and Politics, he was banned from the University of Cape Town in 1987. Charge: Resistance against forced segregation. He had started his interview project into the „Role of the Artist in Society“ in 1986 and published the original talks in 2011. Mr Will took his degree in 1997 and has worked as photographer, writer, Art critic and researcher, music and sports promoter, and as tour operator ever since.

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Published

2024-09-19

How to Cite

Will, R. G. (2024). ABSTRACT MANUAL OF ANTI-ART DEFIES CRITICS. International Journal of Advance Research in Education & Literature (ISSN 2208-2441), 10(9), 7-13. https://doi.org/10.61841/480fgy93