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Boris Lurie & Wolf Vostell: Art after the Shoah
31 Mar, 2023 - 30 Jul, 2023
The confrontational art of Boris Lurie (1924鈥�2008) and Wolf Vostell (1932鈥�1998) is displayed jointly for the first time in Hungary in the exhibition Art after the Shoah. From the late fifties, both artists were radically engaged in Shoah. At a time when war was still a taboo subject for a large part of society, they chose as the subject of their art a confrontation with this painful period. By combining the most shocking images of war crimes with superficial advertising images, their works were also an indictment of a post-war consumer society that had simply restarted, oblivious to the trauma suffered by Jews and victims. To create this shocking effect, both artists incorporated the most modern techniques into their works. The exhibition is supported by the Boris Lurie Foundation, the Wolf Vostell Estate, the Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung and the Bart贸k Spring.
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The confrontational art of Boris Lurie (1924鈥�2008) and Wolf Vostell (1932鈥�1998) is displayed jointly for the first time in Hungary in the exhibition Art after the Shoah. From the late fifties, both artists were radically engaged in Shoah. At a time when war was still a taboo subject for a large part of society, they chose as the subject of their art a confrontation with this painful period. By combining the most shocking images of war crimes with superficial advertising images, their works were also an indictment of a post-war consumer society that had simply restarted, oblivious to the trauma suffered by Jews and victims. To create this shocking effect, both artists incorporated the most modern techniques into their works. The exhibition is supported by the Boris Lurie Foundation, the Wolf Vostell Estate, the Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung and the Bart贸k Spring.
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Boris Lurie met Wolf Vostell at a Fluxus happening in Long Island in 1964. Lurie was born in 1924, Vostell in 1932, and World War Two was the defining event in their lives.
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