How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde

Michael Fjeldsøe

doi:10.1163/9789004388291_028

How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde

Department of Arts and Cultural Studies

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If the concept of the avant-garde were to be understood in terms of styles and techniques as the more radical section of modernism, kulturradikalisme would hardly qualify. However, if kulturradikalisme is recognised as a serious challenge to the idea of art as a sacred sphere detached from everyday life, it becomes clear that it continues an earlier avant-garde position: that revolutionary art as such can change society. Artists recognised that avant-garde art did not communicate with society as long as it remained within small circles of artists and connoisseurs. Thus the priorities were reversed but not abandoned: artists should fulfil the task of providing art where it was needed while still producing modern art. How this concept was applied in Danish musical life will be the topic of this essay, using the reception in Denmark of Kurt Weill (1900–1950) as example.

Translated title of the contribution	Hvordan nordisk Neue Sachlichkeit, kulturradikalisme, forvandlede modernismen til en folkelig avantgarde
Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1925-1950
Editors	Benedikt Hjartarson, Andrea Kollnitz, Per Stounbjerg, Tania Ørum
Number of pages	12
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	Brill \| Rodopi
Publication date	2019
Pages	487-498
ISBN (Print)	9789004366794
ISBN (Electronic)	9789004388291
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004388291_028
Publication status	Published - 2019

Series	A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries
Volume	2
ISSN	2214-0808

Series	Avant-Garde Critical Studies
Volume	36
ISSN	1387-3008

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Fjeldsøe, M. (2019). How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde. In B. Hjartarson, A. Kollnitz, P. Stounbjerg, & T. Ørum (Eds.), A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1925-1950 (pp. 487-498). Brill | Rodopi. A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries Vol. 2 Avant-Garde Critical Studies Vol. 36 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004388291_028

How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde. / Fjeldsøe, Michael.

A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1925-1950. ed. / Benedikt Hjartarson; Andrea Kollnitz; Per Stounbjerg; Tania Ørum. Leiden : Brill | Rodopi, 2019. p. 487-498 (A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, Vol. 2). (Avant-Garde Critical Studies, Vol. 36).

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Fjeldsøe, M 2019, How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde. in B Hjartarson, A Kollnitz, P Stounbjerg & T Ørum (eds), A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1925-1950. Brill | Rodopi, Leiden, A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, vol. 2, Avant-Garde Critical Studies, vol. 36, pp. 487-498. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004388291_028

Fjeldsøe M. How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde. In Hjartarson B, Kollnitz A, Stounbjerg P, Ørum T, editors, A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1925-1950. Leiden: Brill | Rodopi. 2019. p. 487-498. (A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, Vol. 2). (Avant-Garde Critical Studies, Vol. 36). doi: 10.1163/9789004388291_028

Fjeldsøe, Michael. / How Nordic Neue Sachlichkeit, Kulturradikalisme, Transformed Modernism into a Vernacular Avant-Garde. A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, 1925-1950. editor / Benedikt Hjartarson ; Andrea Kollnitz ; Per Stounbjerg ; Tania Ørum. Leiden : Brill | Rodopi, 2019. pp. 487-498 (A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries, Vol. 2). (Avant-Garde Critical Studies, Vol. 36).

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