ISBN:
9780935982657
Language:
English
Pages:
143 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Year of publication:
2007
Keywords:
Kunstausstellung
;
Ausstellung
Abstract:
The New Authentics, explores contemporary notions of Jewish identity through the work of 16 artists living in the United States. Engaged in the global art community, these artists insert traces of, consciously draw from, or directly address their experiences as Jews, and they are brought together here for the first time in a Jewish context. Drawing on new sociological theories concerning postethnicity in general, "post-Jewish," as used here, emphasizes hybridity, challenging assumed cultural categories and fixed definitions. No longer identifying as victims or "others," the post-Jewish generation focuses on balancing lived experience with heritage in intellectual, artistic, and daily practices. Their work shows that these artists question dogma, scrutinize notions of home, redefine the ethnic body, process the trauma of the Holocaust in new ways, rethink rituals, proclaim their cultural multiplicity, and constantly grapple with the question of what it means to be Jewish today. Artists: David Altmejd Cheselyn Amato Johanna Bresnick Shoshana Dentz Lilah Freedland, Matthew Girson Karl Haendel Laura Kina Fawn Krieger Jin Meyerson Collier Schorr Mindy Rose Schwartz Ludwig Schwarz Joel Tauber Shoshanna Weinberger Jennifer Zackin Essays by: Stephen J. Whitfield Rhoda Rosen Nicole Krauss Sarah Giller Nelson Lori Waxman
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