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Propaganda visited by modern art

An exhibition in Munich deals with the different interpretations of the term "propaganda" and other euphemisms to describe it, from "strategic communication" to "political management."

  • Soldatin in Uniform salutiert vor US-amerikanischer Flagge. Deutschland Lenbachhaus Ausstellung After the Fact PROPAGANDA Im 21. Jahrhundert | Coco Fusco (Coco Fusco und Alexander Gray Associates, New York / VG Bild-Kunst)

    Gender wars

    The exhibition breaks with stereotypical representations of femininity. The Cuban-American artist Coco Fusco radically criticizes the widespread interpretation of feminism which promotes emancipation through an ambitious career and power. Her installation "A Room of One's Own: Women and Power in the New America," refers to pictures of the torture and abuse inflicted on Abu Ghraib prisoners.

  • John Miller painting Everything is said (John Miller/Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin )

    Everything is staged

    The works of the US painter John Miller from his series "Everything Is Said" were inspired by reality TV shows such as the satire dating game show, "Flavor of Love." His works expose the fluid relation between reality, or "authentic" emotions, and self-dramatization, which also strongly characterizes the digital era.

  • Bradley Davies photo (Bradley Davies )

    Nebulous perspectives

    Originally from London, the artist Bradley Davies lives and works in Frankfurt. This humorous work dealing with media convergence shows a plywood cut-out of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. It is part of the satirical paper "Suntimes," a title that combines two names of publications owned by Murdoch, "The Sun" and "The Times."

  • Sandow Birk painting Standing Down (Ferguson) (Sandow Birk/P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York )

    Dark realist views of the United States

    The US artist Sandow Birk combines grotesque elements with documentary content in his paintings tainted with dark social realism. His works are reminiscent of Dutch genre paintings. They mainly deal with the contemporary cultural and political landscape of the United States.

  • Plastic sculpture by Aura Rosenberg, The Missing Souvenir (Aura Rosenberg/KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin )

    Memories and memorials

    New York artist Aura Rosenberg realized that there weren't any existing souvenirs depicting the Berlin Victory Column. Rosenberg's work "The Missing Souvenir" features rows of the monument in the form of plastic memorabilia. The cheap and kitsch replica of the historic memorial reflects on how the term "homeland" is still problematic in Germany.

  • Still from John Smith's video White Hole showing train tracks in a tunnel (John Smith/Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin )

    The light at the end of the tunnel?

    British conceptual artist John Smith is the author of over 50 video works that have received many awards. This still is from a black-and-white video called "White Hole," dealing with the effect of propaganda in the former Eastern Bloc.


  • Soldatin in Uniform salutiert vor US-amerikanischer Flagge. Deutschland Lenbachhaus Ausstellung After the Fact PROPAGANDA Im 21. Jahrhundert | Coco Fusco (Coco Fusco und Alexander Gray Associates, New York / VG Bild-Kunst)

    Gender wars

    The exhibition breaks with stereotypical representations of femininity. The Cuban-American artist Coco Fusco radically criticizes the widespread interpretation of feminism which promotes emancipation through an ambitious career and power. Her installation "A Room of One's Own: Women and Power in the New America," refers to pictures of the torture and abuse inflicted on Abu Ghraib prisoners.

  • John Miller painting Everything is said (John Miller/Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin )

    Everything is staged

    The works of the US painter John Miller from his series "Everything Is Said" were inspired by reality TV shows such as the satire dating game show, "Flavor of Love." His works expose the fluid relation between reality, or "authentic" emotions, and self-dramatization, which also strongly characterizes the digital era.

  • Bradley Davies photo (Bradley Davies )

    Nebulous perspectives

    Originally from London, the artist Bradley Davies lives and works in Frankfurt. This humorous work dealing with media convergence shows a plywood cut-out of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. It is part of the satirical paper "Suntimes," a title that combines two names of publications owned by Murdoch, "The Sun" and "The Times."

  • Sandow Birk painting Standing Down (Ferguson) (Sandow Birk/P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York )

    Dark realist views of the United States

    The US artist Sandow Birk combines grotesque elements with documentary content in his paintings tainted with dark social realism. His works are reminiscent of Dutch genre paintings. They mainly deal with the contemporary cultural and political landscape of the United States.

  • Plastic sculpture by Aura Rosenberg, The Missing Souvenir (Aura Rosenberg/KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin )

    Memories and memorials

    New York artist Aura Rosenberg realized that there weren't any existing souvenirs depicting the Berlin Victory Column. Rosenberg's work "The Missing Souvenir" features rows of the monument in the form of plastic memorabilia. The cheap and kitsch replica of the historic memorial reflects on how the term "homeland" is still problematic in Germany.

  • Still from John Smith's video White Hole showing train tracks in a tunnel (John Smith/Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin )

    The light at the end of the tunnel?

    British conceptual artist John Smith is the author of over 50 video works that have received many awards. This still is from a black-and-white video called "White Hole," dealing with the effect of propaganda in the former Eastern Bloc.


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