I'd never heard of Charles Krafft until this week, but
his case is very interesting. Apparently people have shown and collected his work, including porcelain assault rifles and perfume bottles with Hitler stoppers, for their critical and ironic qualities. And now they're quickly pulling the work off walls as it's finally become clear that he is actually a Holocaust denier and white supremacist. The case makes for some weird stories and difficult questions about irony, artists' intentions, and the conundrum of identity and "identity."
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