The representation of violence as evil in contemporary art: the power of the image in Kiefer, Richter, and Bin Laden
How can violence as evil be represented in art and what do works of art evoke in the viewer? Two closely related questions on the representation of violence as evil are discussed. The first is whether there is an ethical limit to the representation of evil, that is, the issue posed with respect to t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 78, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 432-443 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kiefer, Anselm 1945-
/ Richter, Gerhard 1932-
/ Ibn-Lādin, Usāma 1957-2011
/ Evil
/ Terrorism
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CG Christianity and Politics |
| Further subjects: | B
Representation of evil
B Anselm Kiefer B Holocaust art B 11 / 9 B Gerhard Richter B Bin Laden |
| Summary: | How can violence as evil be represented in art and what do works of art evoke in the viewer? Two closely related questions on the representation of violence as evil are discussed. The first is whether there is an ethical limit to the representation of evil, that is, the issue posed with respect to the (im)possibility of Holocaust art. Works by Anselm Kiefer are compared to Holocaust art in the exhibition Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery /Recent Art (New York, 2002). The second question concerns the difference between art and life with respect to the representation of evil. Bin Laden’s live image of 9/11 is compared to Richter’s painting September. The former is life as a reality show; Bin Laden’s image can petrify the viewer. The latter is art, and Richter’s style of blurred realism distances the viewer from the event so that he can arrive at a moral and political position regarding terrorism. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2327 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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