Holocaust art

Julius, Chloe

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. Holocaust art. . Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.ORE_REL-01006.R1

• Deposit Date: Mar 5, 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.ORE_REL-01006.R1
• Keywords: Holocaust art, sculpture, installation, performance, painting, historiography, exhibition history, museums, art history
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/32168015
• Related Public URLs: https://oxfordre.com/religion
• Contract Date: Mar 5, 2024