Art/Histories
Art/Histories History is constructed through the continual reinterpretation of artifacts that preserve historical events. For centuries, artists have offered through their work contrary meanings for…
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Art/Histories
History is constructed through the continual reinterpretation of artifacts that preserve historical events. For centuries, artists have offered through their work contrary meanings for both historical and contemporary events. But can these artifacts be taken as objective facts?
Drawing on the world-class collections of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Sabine Breitwieser examines the stories these works tell about the events depicted, as well as the artists' involvement with them. In times or places of crisis, the power of art to depict harsh realities and new ways of understanding history have been particularly pronounced.Art/Histories looks at history through the lens of artworks from the sixteenth century to the present, including works from Otto Dix, Anselm Kiefer, K the Kollwitz, Alice Creischer, J rg Immendorff, Felix Droese, and many others. With nearly three