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Description: This second part of a three-part series discusses the political significance of graffiti on the Berlin Wall from 1961-1989. The author says: “An examination of the Wall’s graffiti enables us to discern the themes and messages of its graffiti. Most images reflected individual experiences, whilst some embodied political caricatures. In general, however, the graffiti highlighted the absurdity of the Wall’s existence. The graffiti on the Wall made the Wall visible, and by doing so it frustrated the West’s tendencies to ignore it. In fact, Brian Ladd, author of The Ghosts of Berlin argued that much of the graffiti reflected the West’s inclinations to “heap scorn on the Wall”. This was particularly reflected by a series of both pictorial and verbal denunciations of the GDR and the Wall itself.” Bello Perez also discusses parallels with the West Bank Barrier Wall between Palestine and Israel.
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Subject: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, in art, Berlin-Politics and government, Graffiti
Creator: Fair Observer; Bello, Yessi
Language: English
Date: 2041-14-23
Rights: This collection is made accessible to the public without restriction. The San Jose State University School of Information and Archive-It do not own the copyright to these materials; contact the copyright holders for further information. All materials in this collection have been archived under a claim of fair use for educational and research purposes.
Collector: Brett Pierotte; Eric Mulhaupt; Kelly Andrade; Lori Austin
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