Language:
English
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
18,1 (2012) 102-118
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and art
Abstract:
With the generational shift, new ways to represent and commemorate the Holocaust emerged. Contends that viewers have felt a saturation with graphic depictions of violence, have rejected the overemphasis on victimization, and have lost their ability to empathize with the victims. Thus being more detached, the "defamiliarizing" (using Brecht's term "Verfremdung", alienation) mode of Holocaust representation in art, which addresses viewers' analytic potential rather than their emotions, comes as a response to this reality. Focuses on a number of exhibitions and artworks displayed in art museums and galleries in the USA, and on reactions to them in the press. While some reactions were critical, like those following the controversial exhibition "Mirroring Evil", on view at the Jewish Museum in New York in 2002, new forms of representation have altered public perception of the role of art dealing with the Holocaust.
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