Revolutionary Artists Association

...Their objectivism, such as that of C. Grossberg, who entangled animals and women's bodies in giant machines, A. Räderscheidt, who detachedly depicted the alienated male-female relationship in which women were superior, C. Schad, who concealed decadence in that relationship, G. Wunderwald, who depicted the streets and signs of big cities without people, and F. Radziwill, who contrasted overwhelming landscapes with airplanes and giant ships with indifferent human figures, has elements similar to the American scene painting of the 1920s and the surrealist painting of Paris on the one hand. In contrast to this New Objectivism, which focused on ordinary everyday life, the left wing formed the Association of Revolutionary Sculptors (commonly known as ASSO) in 1928, and H. Grundig and others aimed for socialist realism and developed realist paintings depicting typical workers and criticizing the times. In addition to photography and literature, which will be discussed later, it is also said about music, such as the anti-romantic creations of Hindemith and the objectivist performance style of Gieseking.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Revolutionary Sculptors Association" is listed below.

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…巨大な機械に動物や女体をからませるグロースベルクC.Grossberg，女性優位の疎外された男女関係を突き放して描くレーダーシャイトA.Räderscheidt，その関係に退廃をひそませるシャートC.Schad，大都市の街や看板を人間不在で描くブンダーワルトG.Wunderwald，飛行機や巨船のある圧倒的な風景とそれに無関心な人間像とを対立させるラドツィウィルF.Radziwillなど，彼らの即物主義には一方で1920年代のアメリカン･シーン･ペインティング，他方ではパリのシュルレアリスム絵画と似通う要素がある。この，平凡な日常生活を対象にした新即物主義とは対照的に，左派は28年に〈革命的造形家協会〉(通称ASSO)を結成し，グルンディヒH.Grundigなどが社会主義リアリズムをめざして，典型的労働者像や時代批判のリアリズム絵画を展開した。後述の写真や文学のほか，音楽でもヒンデミットらの反ロマン主義的創作やギーゼキングらの客観主義的演奏スタイルについていわれる。…

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