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Re: Concentration Camp "set" in NYC gallery - Israeli newspaper report
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Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:14:35 GMT
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Few weeks ago, Ha’ir magazine also had a big article about this exhibition,
with photos of the seven ‘sets’, and about the Jewish(!) artist, Alan
Schechner. According to the article, Lego agreed to allow Schechner to do
some art work with Lego logo on it. They also restricted it to be displayed
in Poland only. This was before they knew what would be the content of the
exhibition.
Only after the exhibition was presented in Brazil, some voices were heard
regarding the relations between Lego, the Holocaust, and controversial
artists (but not while it was displayed in Poland!). When Lego found out
about it, they threaten to sue Schechner because he presented his work with
Lego logo outside Poland (he can’t be sued about the content of his work).
Personally, I don’t feel offended about the Lego part of the exhibition. I
checked other parts of the exhibition in the artist’s web site
(http://www.dottycommies.com/). The fake picture of the prisoner with the
Diet Coke in his hand was too much for me, thou. Schechner has a good
message, but bad ways of translating it to art.
Avi Parvin
In lugnet.mediawatch, Shiri Dori writes:
> In Maariv's "Weekend" ("Sofshavu'a") section, from Friday, the 22nd of March
> '02, there is a big section with articles about places to see in NYC,
> London, Paris and Rome over Passover vacation. I was browsing through and
> something caught my eye. It was the picture, first:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=141262
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> I recognized it from the whole story about the guy who built the
> concentration camp "set", got sued by TLC (IIRC), and raised a whole
> bruhaha. The caption says "Lego concentration camp, from the controversial
> gallery in the Jewish Museum".
>
> Well, my interest was sparked. The subtitle of the article about NYC reads:
> "From the unavoidable terrorist attack location to the controversial gallery
> 'The Mirror of Evil: Nazi Similies/Contemporary Art'. Nine recommendations
> for the Passover days in Manhatten".
>
> (A quick search on LUGNET shows this has been heard of before:
> http://news.lugnet.com/mediawatch/?n=519
> And the name of the gallery is really "Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent
> Art". So much for double translations. :-)
>
> Item number 6 is all about this gallery..:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=141261
>
> It says:
> ---
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> 6 Lego Concentration Camp
>
> If you don't have time or don't feel like running around museums, leave
> time for at least two unique galleries being shown in the next month. The
> prominent one is the biannual of the "Whitney" museum (Madison, corner of
> 74th st.) that is showing 113 innovative artists presenting paintings,
> sculptures, photos and multimedia, in the museum auditoriums and for the
> first time also in Central Park. The organizers promise "a party for the
> eyes" (a feast for the eyes?).
> Much less "extravagant" but not less interesting, and certainly more
> controversial, is the gallery opened this week in the Jewish museum in 5th
> Avenue (Corner of 92nd) - 'The Mirror of Evil: Nazi Similies/Contemporary
> Art'; in which artists are presenting works about the Holocaust, while using
> similies and objects from everyday life. A "lego" box to assemble a
> concentration camp and a commercial for Diet Coke in the background of
> prisoners of the Buchenwald concentration camp are only two of the works
> that have already been raising a havoc. This is going to be the most
> spoken-of gallery in the city, and even before it opened, mountains of words
> have been spilt on it.
>
> ---
>
> Sorry for the rough translation, hope it's understood. I did my best to
> translate phrases... :-)
>
> Hope this is of interest to you. But if you're gonna raise a debate, you
> know where to go.
>
> -Shiri
> FUT lugnet.mediawatch
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