Toppled

a book by Florian Göttke

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Author(s)

Florian Göttke

Publisher, year

Rotterdam : post editions, 2010

Scope

150 p., illustrated, 24 cm.

ISBN

9789460830167

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'Toppled' is based on a large collection of images from the internet of the toppled satues of Saddam Hussein, collected by Florian Göttke. A close reading of the images reveals an astonishing amount of information about what happened in Iraq. It becomes apparent that even in our modern image culture, the ancient magical link between the person (Saddam) and his representation (statue) is still alive in the human psyche.

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Person as subject

Florian Göttke

Keywords

iconoclasm

Location

Art in Public Space ; Monuments

Contains

bibliografie / bibliography