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A Socialist Family of Man: Rita Maahs' and Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler's Exhibition 'Vom Glück des Menschen'
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Abstract In 1967, an exhibition opened in East Berlin that proposed, through an overload of images, to unite the histories of the Soviet Union and the GDR, and to confront international photography exhibitions produced in the United States and West Germany. More than the design principles and methods of this... view more
In 1967, an exhibition opened in East Berlin that proposed, through an overload of images, to unite the histories of the Soviet Union and the GDR, and to confront international photography exhibitions produced in the United States and West Germany. More than the design principles and methods of this show, entitled Vom Glück des Menschen or On the Happiness of People, directly connect it with Edward Steichen’s The Family of Man exhibition, first presented at MoMA in New York in 1953. Its original title was in fact The Socialist Family of Man, and its designers addressed Steichen’s show directly with a scathing critique that echoes the critical discourse in general around The Family of Man. Ultimately, and despite the acknowledged relationship of the exhibition to its Western model, Vom Glück des Menschen also departed from it, crafting a narrative through photographs specifically designed for a socialist society under construction.... view less
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General History
Free Keywords
Fotografie; Politik; Staatssozialismus; Kultur; Kunst; Medien; Kalter Krieg; Ausstellungen; Visual History; Kommunismus; Transnationale Geschichte; Internationale Beziehungen; Cold War Studies; Propaganda; Verflechtung
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 370-382
Journal
Zeithistorische Forschungen / Studies in Contemporary History, 12 (2015) 2
Issue topic
Fotografie in Diktaturen
ISSN
1612-6041
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed