At memory's edge: after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture
TitleAt memory's edge: after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture
Author
Call number940.5318/0065
Object number03982
Place of publicationNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
PublisherYale University Press
Year of publication
2000
Physical description248p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN0300080328
Description
Tells the inside story of Germany's national Holocaust memorial, asks how a generation of contemporary artists can remember an event like the Holocaust and examines the works of a number of vanguard artists in America and Europe( Art Spiegelman, Shimon Attie, David Levinthal amd Rachel Whiteread). Offers fascinating insights into the controversy surrounding Berlin's newly opened Jewish Museum designed by Daniel Libeskind as well as the national Holocaust memorial designed by Peter Eisenman