Boris Lurie and / und Wolf Vostell

Rutger Fuchs

ISBN 10: 3775752161 / ISBN 13: 9783775752169

Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag Apr 2022, 2022

Neuware -The art of Boris Lurie (\*1924, Leningrad) and Wolf Vostell (\*1932, Leverkusen) is determined by the breach of civilization in Germany in 1933, which made the German genocide of German and European Jews possible. Both artists make the Shoah the subject of their work in a radical way. Initially working-independently of one another-with the means of painting, they turned during the 1950s to exploring the stylistic devices of the first avant-garde, including techniques of collage and montage. Vostell later develops the subject further in his happenings and video art while Lurie takes up writing. In 1964 the artists met in New York and began a lifelong friendship-this is the first exhibition to present their works together.After surviving several labor and concentration camps, the Jewish artist BORIS LURIE (1924-2008) emigrated to New York in 1946, where he established the NO!art movement in 1959. Often through direct references to the Shoah, Lurie commented on the society and consumer culture of his time.The German artist WOLF VOSTELL (1932-1998) was a protagonist of the Fluxus movement and a pioneer of happening- and video art. Vostell confronted post-war European audiences with its recent past in a variety of ways. 336 pp. Deutsch, Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9783775752169

Synopsis:

Exploring treatments of the Holocaust in two postwar avant-gardists

After each surviving the Holocaust, German artists Boris Lurie (1924–2008) and Wolf Vostell (1932–98) met in New York in the 1960s and became lifelong friends. This book accompanies an exhibition juxtaposing their works and their approaches to the Shoah.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Boris Lurie and / und Wolf Vostell
Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag Apr 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu