Lustmord
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Lustmord is a text-based artwork by Jenny Holzer that confronts the brutality and trauma of wartime sexual violence through stark, unsettling language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lustmord canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artwork
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conceptual art piece ⓘ text-based artwork ⓘ |
| aim |
to bear witness to trauma
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to confront viewers with the brutality of wartime sexual violence ⓘ |
| artForm | text art ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
appropriation of testimonial language
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installation-based text display ⓘ use of short textual fragments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Jenny Holzer ⓘ |
| depicts |
experiences of wartime rape
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physical brutality ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
brutality
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human rights abuses ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence against women ⓘ war ⓘ wartime sexual violence ⓘ |
| medium |
language-based art
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text ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary art
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feminist art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
perpetrators of violence
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victims of sexual violence ⓘ witnesses of violence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
direct engagement with sexual violence in war
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emotionally disturbing content ⓘ politically charged subject matter ⓘ |
| partOf | Jenny Holzer’s series addressing violence and power ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bosnian War
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feminist critique of warfare ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| stylisticCharacteristic |
confrontational text
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minimalist presentation ⓘ stark language ⓘ unsettling language ⓘ |
| theme |
body and violation
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gendered violence ⓘ memory and testimony ⓘ power and domination ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | “lust murder” in German ⓘ |
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