Mona Yahia, Nur für Arier. 1988.
Six beer coasters housed in a folding box printed with the title, artist’s name, date of the work and address of Atelier Kramer, Kassel University. Each card printed on one side with a found photograph of the atrocities of WW2 and a text on the other.
1. SS-Männer schnitten den Juden Sterne in die Haut, 1938.
2. Die brennende Synagoge, Oranienstraße, Berlin, 10. Nov. 1938.
3. Juden-Deportation von Berlin, 10. Nov. 1938.
4. Eine Frau, die Armbinden mit dem Davidstern verkauft, Warschauer Getto, 1941.
5. Mädchen im KZ, 1943.
6. Auschwitz, 1945.
Mona Yahia (b.1954 Baghdad) is an artist and writer. Yahia fled with her family to Iran in 1970, and from there immigrated to Israel. Yahia completed military service between 1972 and 1974 following which she studied psychology and French at the University of Tel Aviv later working as a psychologist. In 1985, Yahia moved to Germany to study at the Academy of Arts in Kassel with Harry Kramer. During this period she used photographs and everyday objects (soap, postcards, beer mats, cinnamon stars) to comment on the culture of remembrance of the German society with regard to the Shoah.
Collections: Die Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek der Stadt Köln (KMB)
Title: Nur für Arier
Artist/Author: Mona Yahia
Publication date: 1988
Format: 6 beer coasters printed with images of WW2
Condition: Fine. Some slight dents to the box
Stock Number: RB04488 907
Six beer coasters housed in a folding box printed with the title, artist’s name, date of the work and address of Atelier Kramer, Kassel University. Each card printed on one side with a found photograph of the atrocities of WW2 and a text on the other.
1. SS-Männer schnitten den Juden Sterne in die Haut, 1938.
2. Die brennende Synagoge, Oranienstraße, Berlin, 10. Nov. 1938.
3. Juden-Deportation von Berlin, 10. Nov. 1938.
4. Eine Frau, die Armbinden mit dem Davidstern verkauft, Warschauer Getto, 1941.
5. Mädchen im KZ, 1943.
6. Auschwitz, 1945.
Mona Yahia (b.1954 Baghdad) is an artist and writer. Yahia fled with her family to Iran in 1970, and from there immigrated to Israel. Yahia completed military service between 1972 and 1974 following which she studied psychology and French at the University of Tel Aviv later working as a psychologist. In 1985, Yahia moved to Germany to study at the Academy of Arts in Kassel with Harry Kramer. During this period she used photographs and everyday objects (soap, postcards, beer mats, cinnamon stars) to comment on the culture of remembrance of the German society with regard to the Shoah.
Collections: Die Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek der Stadt Köln (KMB)
Title: Nur für Arier
Artist/Author: Mona Yahia
Publication date: 1988
Format: 6 beer coasters printed with images of WW2
Condition: Fine. Some slight dents to the box
Stock Number: RB04488 907
Six beer coasters housed in a folding box printed with the title, artist’s name, date of the work and address of Atelier Kramer, Kassel University. Each card printed on one side with a found photograph of the atrocities of WW2 and a text on the other.
1. SS-Männer schnitten den Juden Sterne in die Haut, 1938.
2. Die brennende Synagoge, Oranienstraße, Berlin, 10. Nov. 1938.
3. Juden-Deportation von Berlin, 10. Nov. 1938.
4. Eine Frau, die Armbinden mit dem Davidstern verkauft, Warschauer Getto, 1941.
5. Mädchen im KZ, 1943.
6. Auschwitz, 1945.
Mona Yahia (b.1954 Baghdad) is an artist and writer. Yahia fled with her family to Iran in 1970, and from there immigrated to Israel. Yahia completed military service between 1972 and 1974 following which she studied psychology and French at the University of Tel Aviv later working as a psychologist. In 1985, Yahia moved to Germany to study at the Academy of Arts in Kassel with Harry Kramer. During this period she used photographs and everyday objects (soap, postcards, beer mats, cinnamon stars) to comment on the culture of remembrance of the German society with regard to the Shoah.
Collections: Die Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek der Stadt Köln (KMB)
Title: Nur für Arier
Artist/Author: Mona Yahia
Publication date: 1988
Format: 6 beer coasters printed with images of WW2
Condition: Fine. Some slight dents to the box
Stock Number: RB04488 907