Holocaust art

Julius, Chloë

Abstract

The category of Holocaust art has been established by asking questions, the most vital of which is whether it should be a category of art at all. In this new survey, those questions will provide the organising framework. After addressing the primary question of the viability of Holocaust art as a category, the subsequent five sections will move through a series of questions framed as either-or propositions: life or theatre?; sacred or banal?; then or now?; figuration or abstraction?; and painting or photography? Each section will pivot around a single instance of Holocaust art, chosen for the artwork’s ability to illuminate the problematics of the given proposition. While these propositions will not be resolved, as a set of questions they will offer a far more coherent narrative for the development of Holocaust art than one provided by chronology or region. But this is only fitting for a category that is as much involved with the art it has named as the questions it has provoked.

Citation

Julius, C. (2024). Holocaust art. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.1006

• Online Publication Date: Jul 17, 2024
• Publication Date: Jul 17, 2024
• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Book Title: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.1006
• Keywords: Holocaust art, sculpture, installation, performance, painting, historiography, exhibition history, museums, art history
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• Publisher URL: https://oxfordre.com/religion/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-1006
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• Contract Date: Mar 5, 2024