Lithograph based on a photo from 1958: The professors of the Academy of Fine Arts walk across Marienplatz during the 800th anniversary celebrations of the city of Munich. The towers of the Frauenkirche and the New Town Hall can be seen behind them. The project title Au au au au Hi hi hi is integrated into the town hall façade and the professors' white gowns.

Au au au au Hi hi hi (800 years of Munich), 2024, lithograph, research edition, 35.6 x 25.4 cm by Samuel Fischer-Glaser and Angela Stiegler © Foto: VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, photo: Constanza Meléndez, motive: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München/Bildarchiv/Felicitas Timpe

Talk

Nazi ideology, sculpture and reparation policy

Talk

Together with curator Magdalena Wisniowska, artists Samuel Fischer-Glaser and Angela Stiegler examine the connection between sculpture, Nazi ideology and the blind spots of the politics of remembrance. In a conversation, they discuss the ideological charge of aesthetic forms and the extent to which fascist ideas materialize in seemingly harmless objects.

The focus is on a group of Munich artists who seamlessly survived the regime changes between the monarchy, the Nazis and the Adenauer-BRD. Their biographies are contrasted with Dr. Philipp Auerbach – Jewish survivor, compensation officer, politically persecuted – who took his own life in 1952 after an anti-Semitic show trial. The panelists will raise the question of which representations are visible in Munich’s cityscape and which stories are absent in order to address the failures of so-called reparations.

A scenic walk with the two artists will take place beforehand from 3.00 to 4.30 pm, leading from the garden of the Lenbachhaus to the NS Documentation Center. Registration is required for this. However, participation in this walk is not a prerequisite for the artist talk. Participation in the talk is free of charge, no registration necessary.

 

 

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