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Night Waves - Kurt Schwitters

Night Waves - Kurt Schwitters

As the Tate Britain opens a new exhibition of the work of Kurt Schwitters, art critic...

Arts & Ideas · BBC Radio 4

January 29, 201345m 18s

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Show Notes

As the Tate Britain opens a new exhibition of the work of Kurt Schwitters, art critic Charlotte Mullins joins Matthew Sweet to review and to reassess the oeuvre of the German painter and sculptor. Dr Rupa Huq discusses her new book On The Edge, in which she argues that the English suburb has transformed from a paradise to a pressure cooker. As gender has been a topic for national debate recently, Julie Bindel, Jane Fae and Lynne Segal debate the concept of gender as a social category. And Lara Feigel discusses her new book The Love Charm of Bombs, a wartime biography of five writers.