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After Auschwitz : responses to the Holocaust in contemporary art

After Auschwitz : responses to the Holocaust in contemporary art

Book 1995

The senseless horror of the Holocaust continues to send shockwaves through history. Few would question its profound influence on post-war philosophy, morality, theological and political thinking. Yet the impact of the Holocaust on the Fine Arts, and in particular on contemporary art, has still not received the attention it deserves. This new publication accompanies a pioneering touring exhibition. It comprises a series of illustrated essays by le...

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ISBN:
9780853316664
085331666X
Description:
160 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 28 cm
Notes:
Published on the occasion of the travelling exhibition 'After Auschwitz: Responses to the Holocaust in contemporary art'
Bibliography: pages 160
Contents:
A kind of survivor / George Steiner
The Nazi Holocaust : its moral, historical and educational significance / Ronnie S. Landau
The complexities of witnessing ; Art confronts the Holocaust / Ziva Amishai-Maisels
Memory and counter-memory : towards a social aesthetic of holocaust memorials / James E. Young
Fifty years on / Monica Bohm-Duchen
Artists' statements
List of works in exhibition
LCCN:
95212122
Control Number:
58565
Other Authors:
Bohm-Duchen, Monica
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England)
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