Memorial to Those Killed in the Kapp Putsch, Weimar, 1920-1922 1922

Editor: Here we have Farkas Molnár's "Memorial to Those Killed in the Kapp Putsch, Weimar," created between 1920 and 1922. It's all sharp angles and stark contrasts, a bit unsettling, really. How do you interpret this work? Curator: Unsettling is a great word for it. Those fractured forms, rendered in such high contrast, seem to capture the chaos and violence of the Putsch itself. Does it remind you, perhaps, of architectural ruins, a city collapsing? Editor: I hadn't thought of that, but I see it now! It feels like a deconstruction. Curator: Exactly! Molnár, deeply involved with the Bauhaus, likely wanted to convey the shattering of social order through this visual language. He's not just depicting loss, but a world turned upside down. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it, how artists grapple with trauma? Editor: It certainly does. Thanks, I'll be pondering that for a while!