\”Makor/Source\” marks the first time that the Hillels of the two universities have collaborated on an exhibition. Roughly 20 local artists submitted works to the show, including collages, paintings and photographs.
\”The black-and-white snapshots revealed little worlds and scenes I wanted to bring alive in color,\” said Shelley Adler, whose \”Shades of Time: The Extended Family of Shelley Adler\” runs through July 1 at the Workmen\’s Circle.
After six years of litigation and diplomatic battles over Nazi-looted art, in a legal case stretching from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to Vienna and back, the Austrian government has agreed with Maria Altmann, an 89-year old widow, to let arbitration decide who now owns masterpieces that once belonged to her family.
Samuel Bak\’s first art exhibit was in the Vilna ghetto when he was 9 years old. While the Nazis killed 75,000 Vilna residents, he and his mother emerged as just two of 200 survivors.
Some of that young boy\’s artwork, which depicted a culture that once was called \”the Jerusalem of Lithuania,\” has survived the 20th century and can be found in the Lithuanian capital\’s Jewish museum. But Bak\’s storied 45-year career in painting also brings more than 40 of his works to Los Angeles for the two-month \”Between Worlds\” exhibit at the Finegood Gallery at the New Jewish Community Center at Milken in West Hills.
Free tunes at the Skirball this afternoon, as part of their continuing \”Café Z\” series.
Block\’s father owned the lithograph collection, because he was a childhood friend of Abraham Rattner\’s publisher, New York art dealer Bill Haber.
Bite off a rose, scoop up your honey and dance on down to the New JCC at Milken.
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