Fine Arts Faculty Work

Title

Thoughts on the Creation of the Artwork Holocaust Portraits: Victims, Perpetrators, Witnesses

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2009

Publication Title

Dossier: L'antifascisme revisité: histoire, idéologie, mémoire

Volume Number

104

Abstract

My article deals with the aesthetic and philosophical choices I made in the creation of Holocaust Portraits, Victims Perpetrators Witnesses.

The key points I make are:

1. All people were victimized by their experiences during the Holocaust. Understanding the root causes of the Holocaust requires an understanding that ordinary people were the victims of the perpetrators and the executioners of this tragedy.

2. Visual reality is fundamentally different from a literary description of reality. In my artwork I seek to enhance a contemporary viewer’s understanding of and emotional reaction to Holocaust experiences through a visual portrayal of the people who were its perpetrators' victims and witnesses.

3. Understanding why, by whom and how the Holocaust occurred is an essential part of understanding past political and moral misjudgments as we today seek to strengthen democracy, fight racism, and secure human rights for all the world’s people.

First Page

223

Last Page

240

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http://mail.marolles-jewishmemories.net/images/_bulletin_trimestriel/104-kalb.pdf

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