Biernoff, Suzannah (2014) The ruptured portrait. In: Carden-Coyne, A. and Morris, D. and Wilcox, T. (eds.) The Sensory War 1914-2014. Manchester, UK: Manchester Art Gallery. ISBN 9780901673886.
Abstract
Book synopsis: Published to coincide with The Sensory War 1914-2014, a major group exhibition marking the Centenary of the First World War that explores how artists have communicated the impact of military conflict on the body, mind, environment and human senses between 1914 and 2014. The exhibition brings together a range of artists both historical and contemporary including Henry Lamb, CRW Nevinson, Paul Nash, Otto Dix, Nancy Spero, Richard Mosse and Omer Fast and also features works by the Hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima which were created from memory in the 1970s. The First World War involved a profound re-configuration of sensory experience and perception through the invention of devastating military technologies, which destroyed human lives and altered the environment beyond recognition. Its legacy has continued and evolved through even more radical forms of destruction over the last hundred years. Throughout the century, artists have struggled to understand the true effect of modern technological warfare finding different way of expressing this assault on the human body.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Published to accompany the exhibition The Sensory War 1914-2014 at Manchester Art Gallery, 11 October 2014 – 22 February 2015. |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Historical Studies |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Gender and Sexuality, Birkbeck (BiGS), Social Research, Birkbeck Institute for (BISR) |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2015 15:18 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:19 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/13384 |
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