Degenerate Art
The movie Degenerate Art is a movie about the war on imagination. The degenerate art exhibition was to show case artists art that was most despised. In my opinion it was the art that was the most threatening to those disgracing it.
To be considered a degenerate artist was easy. Anything other than realistic art was considered degenerate art. Modernistic and expressionistic artists were two types of artists considered to be degenerate. Modernism is to paint or draw the world underneath the skin. The inter world rather than the exterior world is an example of expressionism.
Realism was or is the art of the natural world only. Hitler was an artist who failed. He was an artist who practiced realism. His failure as an artist created hatred with in him.
There were many considered degenerate artists. The National Socialist party was created by who painted mystical spiritual paintings. A few names of degenerate artists were Van Gough, Kokoschka, Amy Onolda, and E.L. Kirchner. Many artists during this time left and or committed suicide. E.L. Kirchner committed suicide after his soldier painting was referred to as soldier with whore.
What I think the statement Hughes’ made about being a fascist and an artist NOT being a contradiction in terms means: I’m not really sure what he meant with this statement. But I do know that fascist means militaristic dictatorship. And contradiction means to say or be the opposite of something. So Hughes was saying that artists are fascists. I don’t think the question was written very well but if that is what Hughes was implying then no I don’t agree. Artists are not a militaristic dictatorship. I have to say I do not like the question or how it was worded.
When Hughes made the statement that Hitler had made the distortions of the expressionists’ art real on the living human body.” I think that Hitler’s art of the human body showed the distortions by the effect his art gallery had on its viewers. Hitler’s gallery was disturbing and had a somewhat morbid feeling to it in my opinion.
After the Great Depression broke Democracy’s back Hitler rejoiced. He claimed that the degenerates were infecting the people and that’s why every thing was so bad. Hitler saw him self as raid and he saw the expressionist artists as cockroaches. I think that Hitler felt threatened by the expressionists and that is whole reason he singled out artists as a disgrace or as degenerate artists.
If I had lived at this point in history and had been labeled a degenerate artist I would have laid low or moved to were I could feel more appreciated. Suicide would not be on my list of options that’s for sure. If the majority of the people want to be blinded by mud of Hitler or whom ever else then I am out voted. All I can do is my part and if every one or the majority is against my beliefs then all I can do is try and remove my self from the negativity. But not by taking my life.
Everyone has a purpose no matter how small a person feels in this world. Do what feels right and that is all a person can do. If a person is lost one should pray for guidance and or direction.
Misty J Slavens
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