Yizkor, the Jewish Way of Memory. The Case of Christian Boltanski’s Art
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Date
2013
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Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
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Abstract
Christian Boltanski’s works, especially the photographic medium that he uses most
oft¬en, refer to the old formulas of memory and commemoration used by Jews called
Yizkor, which literally means, remember, recollect. Boltanski, by formalizing or even
celebrating the impermanence and changeability of this medium, opposes the belief
in permanence of a material object, which paradoxically contributes to the death of
its implied idea, that is, memory. However, by negating the form, he does not negate
memory but the false traditional belief in its stability and permanence.
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Dofinansowanie: Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
Publikacja sfinansowana ze środków Urzędu Miejskiego w Gnieźnie
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Christian Boltanski, art of memory, Yizkor, countermonument, metonymy, photography
Citation
Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, 7/2013, s. 309-326.
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978-83-7654-166-2