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Holocaust art: Is it in fact possible to create artwork....
PIXEL POINTS
Berlin Story
Nancy Levinson on architecture
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Berlin Story
Nancy Levinson on architecture
Thursday, May 12, 2005
FInd this article: http://www.artsjournal.com/pixelpoints/archives20050501.shtml#100025(...)
This "vast grid," Ouroussoff says, "is able to convey the scope of the Holocaust's horrors without stooping to sentimentality showing how abstraction can be the most powerful tool for conveying the complexities of human emotion. The memorial's power lies in its willingness to grapple with the moral ambiguities arising in the Holocaust's shadow. Its focus is on the delicate, almost imperceptible line that separates good and evil, life and death, guilt and innocence."
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And in announcing the decision, Moore posed what has become the fundamental question of Holocaust art: "Is it in fact possible to create a work of art that can express the emotions engendered by Auschwitz?" (...)
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