At memory's edge: after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture
TitoloAt memory's edge: after-images of the Holocaust in contemporary art and architecture
Autore
Call number940.5318/0065
Numero oggetto03982
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew Haven, Connecticut, United States
EditoreYale University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2000
Paginazione248p.,index,bibliography
MaterialeBook
ISBN0300080328
Descrizione
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