Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life
By Harvard Art Museums
See how Wolf Vostell created art, as well as an expansive aesthetic philosophy, that challenged human complacency toward war, genocide, and other catastrophic world events.
Saturday, January 20 10am – Sunday, May 5 5pm
Open 10am–5pm
Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm
Closed on major holidays
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No application or registration needed.
Free!
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- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
Maraykanka
https://harvardartmuseums.org/visit
Wheelchair accessible.
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A witness to the brutality of World War II and its aftermath in Germany, Wolf Vostell (1932–1998) committed his artistic practice to remembering the atrocities of war, violence, and genocide. His art originated from his aesthetic philosophy of dé-coll/age, the use of destruction in art to generate consciousness of destruction in life. Nuclear warfare, Cold War aggression, technological disaster, environmental devastation, and above all, the genocidal acts of the Nazi regime shaped his understanding of aesthetics...
Event continues to run during February vacation and April vacation.
Last updated December 7, 2023.
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