OTS - How the Federal Republic of Germany shaped its image anew at documenta
2021. June 16. 16:55
Berlin, 16 June, 2021 (APA/OTS) - 'documenta. Politics and Art',
opens on 18 June 2021 at the Deutsches Historisches Museum -
Documenta's rise to become Germany's most successful art exhibition
was due not least to its political dimension, in particular the
need to draw a line under National Socialism, followed by the
formation of the Eastern and Western blocs in the Cold War.
Although the exhibition claimed to distance itself from Nazi
cultural policy, it failed to engage openly with the National
Socialist past. At the same time, its politically motivated
orientation towards the West led it to reject the socialist concept
of art in the Eastern bloc.
With 'documenta. Politics and Art' (18 June 2021-9 January
2022), the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum)
is presenting the first exhibition to focus on documenta as a means
of investigating the many-layered interplay of politics and art in
German society after 1945.
Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross, President of the Stiftung Deutsches
Historisches Museum: 'Documenta has always been much more than a
prestigious art exhibition. With it, modernism - after having been
vilified until 1945 - rose to become the favoured style of the
young Federal Republic. The early makers of documenta welcomed
modern art as a means of breaking with the Nazi past. Yet there
were also continuities. For example, the historian Carlo Gentile
has revealed that Werner Haftmann, one of the key figures of the
early documenta exhibitions, was involved in war crimes in the
summer of 1944. It was no coincidence that works by murdered Jewish
artists had no place in the image of modernism as Haftmann chose to
stage it. With our exhibition, we are systematically retracing, for
the first time, how politics was made with art at documenta. In
pursuing this goal, I hope we will open up a new perspective on the
history of the Federal Republic.'
Picture is available at AP Images: http://www.apimages.com
Long Version Press Release:
https://www.dhm.de/en/press/press-release/how-the-federal-republic-of-germany-shaped-its-image-anew-at-documenta/
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Press and Public Relations
Daniela Lange
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