{"id":7929,"title":"Franz Müllers Drahtfrühling","dimensions":"16.8 x 10.5 cm, language: German, publisher: Hamburg: Edition Nautilus Verlag Lutz Schulenburg, ISBN: 3-89401-193-9","date_begin":"1991-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/631","stream_count_app":13,"permalink":"franz-mullers-drahtfruhling","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/868/large/Untitled006.jpg?1371118119","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e *Franz Mullers Drahtfr\u0026uuml;hling, Ersters Kapitel: Ursachen und Beginn der grossen glorreichen Revolution in Revon* is Schwitters\u0026rsquo;s unfinished novel, in which an innocent bystander starts a revolution merely by being there. A group of people gather to condemn him as he stands, doing nothing, in public. As the man leaves, an absurd hysteria strikes the crowd causing many to be trampled to death. Later, a boy proclaims that M\u0026uuml;ller\u0026#39;s movement has precipitated a great and glorious revolution in the town of Revon (Schwitters\u0026#39;s imaginary name for Hanover). \u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e \u0026quot;Schwitters\u0026rsquo;s essential aestheticism and formalism alienated him from the political wing of German Dada led by Huelsenbeck (editor of *Dada Almanach*), and he was ridiculed as \u0026lsquo;the Caspar David Friedrich of the Dadaist Revolution\u0026rsquo;. Although his work of this period is full of hints and allusions to contemporary political and cultural conditions, unlike the work of George Grosz or John Heartfield it was not polemical or bitterly satirical. *Franz Mullers Drahtfr\u0026uuml;hling*, is Schwitters\u0026rsquo;s ironic response to what he saw as Huelsenbeck\u0026rsquo;s political posturing.\u0026quot; - Richard Humphreys, 2009\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e**Literaire synopsis** Franz Mullers Drahtfr\u0026uuml;hling, Ersters Kapitel: Ursachen und Beginn der grossen glorreichen Revolution in Revon* is Schwitters\u0026rsquo; onafgewerkte roman waarin een onschuldige omstaander een revolutie start simpelweg door er te zijn. Een groep mensen komt bijeen om hem te veroordelen terwijl hij daar staat, in het openbaar, niets te doen. Wanneer de man vertrekt ontstaat een absurde paniek in de massa, waardoor verschillende vertrappeld raken. Later vertelt een jongen dat M\u0026uuml;llers beweging een grote en glorieuze revolutie heeft teweeggebracht in de stad Revon (de door Schwitters verzonnen naam voor Hannover). **Verhouding van de roman tot de kunstenaarspraktijk** \u0026quot;Schwitters\u0026rsquo; essenti\u0026euml;le estheticisme en formalisme vervreemdden hem van de politieke vleugel van de Duitste Dada, geleid door Huelsenbeck (uitgever van Dada Almanach), en hij werd bespot als \u0026lsquo;de Caspar David Friedrich van de Dada\u0026iuml;stische Revolutie\u0026rsquo;. Hoewel zijn werk uit die periode vol allusies zat op toenmalige politieke en culturele omstandigheden, was het nooit polemisch of bitter satirisch, in tegenstelling tot het werk van George Grosz of John Heartfield. *Franz Mullers Drahtfr\u0026uuml;hling* is Schwitters\u0026rsquo; ironische antwoord op de \u0026ndash; in zijn ogen \u0026ndash; politieke pose van Huelsenbeck.\u0026quot; - Richard Humphreys, 2009\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2040,"name":"Kurt Schwitters ","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}