The Triumph of Kurt Schwitters

The Triumph of Kurt Schwitters illuminates Schwitters' idiosyncratic life...revealing a personality of infinite contradictions. In this stimulating biography Barbara Crossley discovers...the fiercely ambitious artist...the politically and socially conscious thinker who embraced the absurd, the lover and the fighter who knew that beyond his death his work would survive to shape our times.

Schwitters believed that art is 'a spiritual function of man, which aims at freeing him from the chaos of life'. In these times of political uncertainty and dogmatic fundamentalism his credo has become increasingly more appropriate. We need art and culture to stimulate moral and ethical values and aspirations, which are necessary for securing a future worth living.

Out of sync throughout his life, Schwitters deserves our attention more than ever. The Triumph of Kurt Schwitters is an important contribution to our understanding of this remarkable man and the astonishing range of his works. ISBN 0-9539244-1-6

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