The focus of the exhibition is on Germanophone artists who lived under fascism or had parents involved in it. One intriguing work is Squirrel by Méret Oppenheim, which may seem humorous but is steeped in violence. The fluffy-handled beer mug invites you to stroke it, but the odd juxtaposition creates a shock effect like a metaphor of war trauma. Black humour is a deliberate strategy to articulate realities that are repressed or excluded from public discourse.
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