Blowing Up the Brandenburg Gate. Proposal for the 1994-95 Competition for Berlin Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe

Horst Hoheisel is a German artist and architect born in 1944 whose practice centers on memorial and public art addressing postwar history and collective memory. Working primarily in sculpture, installation, and site-specific intervention, he creates works that confront absence, loss, and the material traces of historical trauma. His approach often involves transformation of existing monuments or urban sites rather than additive gestures, reflecting a critical engagement with how societies memorialize difficult pasts.

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