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The Monument<\/em><\/strong> brings together for the first time the complete photographic series by Sibylle Bergemann documenting the creation of the Marx-Engels Monument, which was erected on the initiative of the GDR government in 1986, not far from Alexanderplatz in Berlin. This publication presents numerous previously unpublished photographs and opens up a new perspective on one of the photographer’s most important groups of works. Bergemann’s long-term documentary project—created between 1975 and 1986—is not only presented as an impressive photographic narrative, through the accompanying essays, is also contextualised in historical, socio-political and photographic theory terms. The Monument thus offers comprehensive insights into the creative process behind the series and at the same time makes an important contribution to the critical reassessment of its significance and reception in the area of tension between art and ideology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Monument brings together for the first time the complete photographic series by Sibylle Bergemann documenting the creation of the Marx-Engels Monument, which was erected on the initiative of the GDR government in 1986, not far from Alexanderplatz in Berlin.
9 Introduction
\n11 The Theatres of Sibylle Bergemann
\nSonia Voss
\n20 Archives
\nSibylle Bergemann
\n31 Dismantling a Monument Before It Is Erected: On the Reception of Sibylle Bergemann’s Work Series Das Denkmal in East and West Germany
\nLily von Wild
\n39 The Monument
\nSibylle Bergemann
\n67 In Suspense
\nSibylle Bergemann’s Photographic Monuments
\nSteffen Siegel
\n73 Ein Gespenst Verlässt Europa
\nHeiner Müller
\n97 Translation to come
\nChristian Joschke
\n102 Archives
\nSibylle Bergemann
\n113 Eleven years.
\nFrieda von Wild
\n118 Biography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":66213,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5485],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66212","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-photography","7":"author-by-author-frieda-von-wild","8":"author-by-author-lily-von-wild","9":"author-by-author-sonia-voss","10":"publisher-kerber-verlag","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Monument - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: The Monument, Pages: 160 Pages, Publish Date: 10th Feb 2026, Author: Frieda von Wild, Lily von Wild, Sonia Voss, ISBN: 9783735610454. 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