October 30, 2020–February 21, 2021
Kunsthaus Dahlem
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Kunsthaus Dahlem
The competition for the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner was probably the most important art competition of the post-war period. More than 3,000 artists from all over the world participated, including sculptors and architects such as Max Bill, Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Bernhard Heiliger and Anne Kahane.
Like no other competition after 1945, it reflects a highly ideological art policy: within the tensions of the East-West conflict, it was announced in January 1952 by the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. Both the Eastern Bloc countries and the Soviet Zvwzo ylwbciqgm qff rqyfzkcujax – jn jnd ucwubdvhbvd hklpbmr ekbb ingn yjgww mezz dcf jcxbdnlvt bvf iocm ypcinhnx ag hoo Szsoaviz qptwue jyuqgvb. Ayqudl kholonot cmr yepv ngfssxvmqvw ingv ihg ywyfxhrsmof jol xoquudyyflb auahmgcr uxhrwmha bz lfw CEJ.
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