Bøger af Brenda Guesnet

Hanns Eisler was Arnold Schönberg's favourite pupil. He worked intensively with Bertolt Brecht andcomposed the GDR's national anthem. Veronika Eberhart's artistic study focuses on the years 1938to 1948, which the composer spent together with his wife Lou(ise) in exile in Los Angeles. Shortlyafter their arrival, the two became the focus of FBI investigations. They were bugged and followed.In 1947, Eisler was finally called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and ayear later he and his wife were deported from the USA. The book contains images from Eberhart'slatest film Garten sprengen (2022) and a series of new sculptural and photographic works thatcan be seen in her exhibition at the IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgium.Veronika Eberhart is an artist, filmmaker, and musician.