Currently at S&G Project Gallery
July-September 2019
> Opening Reception: Friday July 26, 5 to 8 pm
> Closing Reception: Saturday September 7, 5 to 8 pm
Asylum is a gallery exhibition revolving around my grandmother Regina's experience escaping the Nazi invasion of Paris with her two young children (my father and aunt), and leading a group of Jews across the Alps into Italy, where they were able to board a ship and become part of the 982 refugees allowed into the United States at the end of WWII.
Asylum is the first part of a larger project, which will include exploration of my father growing up in the tenements of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The third part will be my own story, building on my family history and exploring the theory of generational trauma.
Asylum is a show built of evocative paintings and prints of mountains. I use the Alps, represented in bold colors and looming forms, as a representation signifying both the fear of persecution and the relief of even temporary safety. In addition, the show includes Risograph prints of sketchbook pages, revealing concepts behind the paintings. These pages contain quotes from an interview with Regina, conducted by the Shoah Foundation in 1996, about her experience escaping the war.
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July-September 2019
> Opening Reception: Friday July 26, 5 to 8 pm
> Closing Reception: Saturday September 7, 5 to 8 pm
Asylum is a gallery exhibition revolving around my grandmother Regina's experience escaping the Nazi invasion of Paris with her two young children (my father and aunt), and leading a group of Jews across the Alps into Italy, where they were able to board a ship and become part of the 982 refugees allowed into the United States at the end of WWII.
Asylum is the first part of a larger project, which will include exploration of my father growing up in the tenements of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The third part will be my own story, building on my family history and exploring the theory of generational trauma.
Asylum is a show built of evocative paintings and prints of mountains. I use the Alps, represented in bold colors and looming forms, as a representation signifying both the fear of persecution and the relief of even temporary safety. In addition, the show includes Risograph prints of sketchbook pages, revealing concepts behind the paintings. These pages contain quotes from an interview with Regina, conducted by the Shoah Foundation in 1996, about her experience escaping the war.
