Some controversial artworks never completely lose the taint of the taboo despite changing times and evolving tastes. When Polish artist Zbigniew Libera created a faux Lego concentration camp toy set in 1996, he drew widespread criticism from people who believed he was making light of the Holocaust. Since then, his death-camp toys have been shown in museums and galleries around the world, including New York’s Jewish Museum in the 2002 exhibition “Mirroring Evil.”
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Warsaw art museum buys Zbigniew Libera’s ‘Lego’ concentration camp
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