Tamar Garb

Christian Boltanski came to prominence in the 1980s with major exhibitions athe Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris in 1984 and the Whitechapel Gallery,ondon in 1990. This text explores his art, arguing that it hovers betweenhe trauma of the extermination camp depot and the redemption of a memorialhrine.,Boltanski can be described as an alchemist, philosopher, potentialuicide, clown or Rasputin. His...