"It is right and necessary that we can now work through how antisemitic imagery could have been exhibited and draw the necessary conclusions for the art exhibition," Roth told Frankfurter Rundschau last week. The decision for Schormann to step down was welcomed by Germany's culture minister Claudia Roth, who last month announced that Documenta would come under greater control of the federal government in light of the antisemtism row. “The Supervisory Board considers it essential that everything is done to regain this trust.” “A lot of trust has unfortunately been lost,” the statement says.
Statements were also issued by Taring Padi and ruangrupa admitting fault for the work's placement and apologising to those it offended.īut the damage to Documenta had already been done. Schormann, who had initially defended the artists, released a statement distancing herself and Documenta from the work. Within a week of Documenta 15 opening, the work was covered with a black cloth and then removed entirely. The offending work contains a portrayal of a pig wearing a helmet blazoned “Mossad”-the Israeli intelligence agency-as well as a man depicted with sidelocks, often associated with Orthodox Jews, fangs and bloodshot eyes, and wearing a black hat with SS insignia. However, the situation escalated rapidly following the presentation of the towering banner Peopleʼs Justice (2002) by the Indonesian collective Taring Padi, which featured imagery that has been widely interpreted as antisemitic. The decision was made "at short notice" and so Schormann will remain in office until an interim director is found, it adds.Īllegations of antisemitism have plagued Documenta 15 since January, when German media and local politicans began taking issue with the pro-Palestine and pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions stances of a number of participants in exhibition, which was curated by the Indonesian collective ruangrupa. As a result, Sabine Schormann's contract as the head of the quinquennial was terminated on Saturday, a decision that was "mutual", the statement reads. The exhibition's supervisory board has released a statement expressing "profound dismay" at the presentation of works which contain "antisemitic content". The director general of the prestigious Documenta exhibition, which opened its 15th edition in Kassel last month (until 15 September), has resigned over an ongoing antisemtism row.
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