At memory's edge: after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture
TitreAt memory's edge: after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0065
N° d'objet03982
Lieu de publicationNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
EditeurYale University Press
Année de publication
2000
Pagination248p.,index,bibliography
MatérielLivre
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