Approaching Religious Symbols in the Public Space: Contemporary Art and Museums as Places of Negotiation?

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria

doi:10.25364/05.1:2015.1.10

Abstract

This essay responds to Sigrid Schade’s contribution by outlining the multilayered meaning-making processes deployed by the use of religious symbolism in visual culture. Referring in a concise way to a selected example of contemporary art, it drafts possible methodological approaches to a challenging field of research.

Preferred Citation

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria: Approaching Religious Symbols in the Public Space: Contemporary Art and Museums as Places of Negotiation?. In: Journal for Religion, Film and Media. Thinking Methods in Media and Religion, Jg. 1 (2015), Nr. 1, S. 95–101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/19426.

Subjects

Religious Symbols
Public Space
Contemporary
Art
Museums

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