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The Head
Deimantas Narkevicius2007
Museum Folkwang
Essen, Germany
With the help of film documents, Deimantas Narkevičius reconstructs the creation and inauguration of the Karl Marx Monument, which was designed by the sculptor Lev Kerbel and erected in 1971 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz). All photographs used were originally produced in the GDR for information and propaganda purposes.
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Details
- Title: The Head
- Creator: Deimantas Narkevicius
- Creator Lifespan: 1964
- Date: 2007
- Provenance: Acquired in 2009 with support of the Folkwang-Museumsvereins and the Frau-Otto-Knaudt-Stiftung
- Type: Media art
- Rights: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
- Medium: Video, colour, sound, 12 min.
- Collection: Painting, Sculpture, Media Art, New Worlds
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