23 Jun 2016

Nazi Medicine And Its Legacy: Artists Respond

In conjunction with three exhibitions about Nazi euthanasia, eugenics and medical crimes, contemporary artists consider the modern mindset of the Nazis that transgressed the ancient Hippocratic Oath to 'do no harm' and examine troubling aspects of medical science since World War II, including ethical violations by the American government and corporations, abuses of laboratory animals, and challenges posed by bioengineering and DNA research.


Artists:

Aziz + Cucher
Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Aurelia Moser, Allison Burtch, and Adam Harvey
Susan Erony
Arie A. Galles
Aharon Gluska
Verena Kaminiarz
Vitaly Komar and Anna Halberstadt
Ruth Liberman

Curated by Andrew Weinstein


The same exhibition appears with editions or versions of the same artworks at the following three venues:

National Technical Museum
Kostelní 42
Prague, Czech Republic
Phone: +420 220 399 101
Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 9 am - 5.30 pm; 
Saturday – Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm; closed Monday
Through July 31

http://www.ntm.cz/


Holocaust Memorial Center
39 Páva Street
Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (+36 1) 455-3333
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm; closed Monday
Through July 24

http://hdke.hu/


National Museum of Medicine in Ukraine
37 B. Khmelnitskogo Street
Kiev, Ukraine
Phone: +380 44 234 1574
Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10 am – 5 pm; Saturday, noon – 4 pm, closed Sunday and Monday
Through late September

http://www.kiev.info/culture/medicine.htm


Sponsored by the Center for Medicine After the Holocaust, the Claims Conference, and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.