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Kurt Schwitters: The Schwitters Scandal

Genres

Documentary

Duration

50 min

Director

Simon Chu

Rating

Rating not available

Release Date

October 30, 1986

Kurt Schwitters: The Schwitters Scandal

Original title: Kurt Schwitters: The Schwitters Scandal

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Synopsis Kurt Schwitters: The Schwitters Scandal

The Schwitters scandal was pure DADA! While he was alive, Schwitters provoked the art world with his one-man Dada movement Merz, which united painting, sculpture, architecture and literature in fragments. After his death he hit the headlines due to several sensational inheritance lawsuits involving his heirs, a mistress, the Norwegian government, and the Marlborough Gallery - which had gained notoriety in the Rothko scandal. Looking back on Schwitters’ life and work, this film unravels a bizarre story of deceit, intrigue, power and money.