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Peter Weiss
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Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German and Swedish writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesth
Weiss speaking at the acceptance ceremony for the Bremen Literature Prize, 1982
Weiss speaking at the acceptance ceremony for the Bremen Literature Prize, 1982
Peter Weiss with his parents, 1918
Peter Weiss with his parents, 1918
Production of The Investigation at the Staatstheater Nuremberg, 2009 (photography: Marion Buehrle)
Production of The Investigation at the Staatstheater Nuremberg, 2009 (photography: Marion Buehrle)
The Aesthetics of Resistance
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The Aesthetics of Resistance is a three-volume novel by the German-born playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and painter Peter Weiss which was written over a ten-year period between 1971 and 1981. Spannin
Peter Weiss
…writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel The Aesthetics of Resistance, the latter of which has been called one of the "most important German-language work[s] of the 70s and 80s." Weiss earned his reputation in the post-war…
First editions (German)
First editions (German)
Théodore Géricault The Raft of the Medusa 1819. Weiss uses 30-pages of immersion in volume I to examine the material, method, and motivations behind t
Théodore Géricault The Raft of the Medusa 1819. Weiss uses 30-pages of immersion in volume I to examine the material, method, and motivations behind the production of the painting
Eugène Delacroix: Die Dantebarke 1822. One of over 100 works of art mentioned in the book and at the same time a symbol of the influence of Dante's Di
Eugène Delacroix: Die Dantebarke 1822. One of over 100 works of art mentioned in the book and at the same time a symbol of the influence of Dante's Divina Commedia
The Aesthetics of Resistance. An exhibition on Peter Weiss' novel. Galerie im Turm, Berlin (Friedrichshain), June/July 2014 (curators: Moira Zoitl and
The Aesthetics of Resistance. An exhibition on Peter Weiss' novel. Galerie im Turm, Berlin (Friedrichshain), June/July 2014 (curators: Moira Zoitl and Julia Lazarus)