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Article: The world out of joint; German Expressionism.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2003
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Flavour of foreboding
The German Expressionists are enjoying a remarkable comeback
THE shock of the new--that famous phrase used to describe modern art--is difficult to sustain. But the vibrant German Expressionists, with their splintered geometries, their distortions and compressions, their black silences and uneasy colours--all green streets and clocks with hands about to converge on the 12--speak so eloquently of trouble to come that even at close to a century's distance, they have the power to surprise.
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