The Performative Power of a Problematic Public Work: Art-Interventions at Alfred Hrdlicka’s<i>Memorial Against War and Fascism</i>in Vienna

Schult, Tanja

doi:10.1080/21502552.2018.1500229

Public Art Dialogue

2018

DOI: 10.1080/21502552.2018.1500229

|View full text |Cite

The Performative Power of a Problematic Public Work: Art-Interventions at Alfred Hrdlicka’sMemorial Against War and Fascismin Vienna

Tanja Schult

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2019

2021

Publication Types

Select...

Article3

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent3

Authors

Journals

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 11 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…On the other hand, not all monuments are fixed points: "[…] their meanings and interpretations can and do change over time in response to political and cultural shifts" 74 . The more recent memorial against war and fascism (Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus, 1988) on Albertinaplatz, is a discrete and relatively invisible sculpture of a Jewish man on his knees washing the street and which, although "out of tune with an established cultural memory, […] continues to occupy public space" 75 . A profound…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The War That Never Came: Creating, Transmitting and Maintaining Handed-Down Memories of the Emergency in Ireland. Acknowledging Family Recollections of WWII

Gormally¹

2021

etudesirlandaises

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Within the context of WWII, this essay explores the notion of national and personal conflict within individuals and communities in Ireland, part of which had undergone the severing of imperial connections and the attainment of national independence less than a full generation before. In Ireland, the conflict of war on a wider stage impinged upon an inner conflict closer to the heart. To go or not to go… to war. The question was raised to remain behind and serve a / the cause by maintaining a "home guard" alertness. This essay attempts to examine the fuzziness of transmitted handed-down memory which is far from being as clear and precise as "official" history. War memorials suggest an alternative conclusion and an alternative sense of historical order -intellectual and ideological. At the core of this paper are the memories of Martin Jarlath Gormally, the author's father. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren live in Ireland, France, the United Kingdom, and Austria. For comparison / contrast, brief reference is made to WWII in France and to de-Nazification in Austria.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The War That Never Came: Creating, Transmitting and Maintaining Handed-Down Memories of the Emergency in Ireland. Acknowledging Family Recollections of WWII

Gormally¹

2021

etudesirlandaises

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

‘I see their hatred’. Ethics of witnessing and The Missing Image – an intervention in Austria’s Holocaust memory space

Popescu

2020

Journal of Visual Art Practice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Infelicitous Efficacy: Alfred Hrdlicka’s Memorial against War and Fascism

Schult¹,

Popescu²

2019

articulo

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Austrian sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka’s Monument against War and Fascism (1988/91) in central Vienna is the focal point of this article, which asks what contested images in public places do. Hrdlicka’s memorial is treated as a symptom of the changing Austrian memory culture of the late 1980s. We locate the memorial in the context of its realisation and reflect on the performative force, which results from its central sculpture and point of contention: the bronze figure of the so-called Street-washing Jew. This visual element caused prominent after-effects such as public discussions and artistic interventions. Two such interventions by artists Steven Cohen (2007) and Ruth Beckermann (2015) will be briefly invoked in relation to what we argue is this memorial’s blind spot. In their own distinct performative ways, all three works make visible how Austrian participations in the Nazi crimes are being negotiated in the public space over a period of 30 years. However, since only Hrdlicka’s monument is permanently installed, its central image echoes a memory culture in transformation no longer valid.

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

customersupport@researchsolutions.com

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

The Performative Power of a Problematic Public Work: Art-Interventions at Alfred Hrdlicka’sMemorial Against War and Fascismin Vienna

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

The War That Never Came: Creating, Transmitting and Maintaining Handed-Down Memories of the Emergency in Ireland. Acknowledging Family Recollections of WWII

The War That Never Came: Creating, Transmitting and Maintaining Handed-Down Memories of the Emergency in Ireland. Acknowledging Family Recollections of WWII

‘I see their hatred’. Ethics of witnessing and The Missing Image – an intervention in Austria’s Holocaust memory space

Infelicitous Efficacy: Alfred Hrdlicka’s Memorial against War and Fascism

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About