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Lecture and Gallery Talk: Bertolt Brecht and Expressionism
In 1928, playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill produced their masterpiece, The Threepenny Opera, a work that pondered the existential question, “Who is the greater criminal, the bank robber or the bank president?” Despite its anti-capitalist message, the work was a huge commercial success, which resulted in at least one spectacularly ironic outcome — it turned the decidedly pro-Marxist Brecht into a rich man. This evening, Peggy Setje-Eilers, an assistant professor of German at Vanderbilt University, will present a lecture on Brecht and his relationship with German Expressionism. The talk coincides with The Frist’s expansive exhibit German Expressionism from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Among other things, Setje-Eilers will compare Brecht’s provocative writing style to the jarring distortions found in German Expressionist paintings, sculptures and woodcuts.
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Frist Center for the Visual Arts
- 919 Broadway, Nashville Broadway/ The Gulch/ Music Row/ West End TN 37203
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615-244-3340
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