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The Contemporary: Hitler Asleep in the Mercedes
Date
Tue May 16th 2023, 12:00pm
Event Sponsor
Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Location
Building 260, Pigott Hall
450 Jane °®åú´«Ã½ Way, Building 260, °®åú´«Ã½, CA 94305
Rm 252
450 Jane °®åú´«Ã½ Way, Building 260, °®åú´«Ã½, CA 94305
Rm 252
The Contemporary group invites you to the lecture "Hitler Asleep in the Mercedes" by (PhD candidate in Art History, °®åú´«Ã½).
Heinrich Hoffmann’s 1932 photograph of Hitler asleep in his Mercedes, his face hidden, enables us to understand the aesthetics of fascism and probe the limits of representation. Appropriated by Troy Brauntuch for his 1979 solo show at the Kitchen in New York, Hoffmann’s image is revealed to be a receptacle of contested histories, spanning Nazi Germany and America.
Brandon-Salmon's dissertation is on how ruins shaped postwar London and his writing has appeared inÌýArt History,ÌýAmerica, Commonweal, andÌýOxford Review of Books.
arielho [at] stanford.edu (RSVP)
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