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paintings
Artist’s Works From Death Camp Live On
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis was a prolific Bauhaus artist, who taught art to the children of Terezin. Her art and the art produced by the children in the camp under her tutelage is the subject of a new exhibition at the Simon Weisenthal Center\’s Museum of Tolerance.
Finding ‘Frida’
\”I was shocked, drawn in and repulsed,\” Taymor said of the paintings, which included visceral images of miscarriage. \”I was frankly put off by her work.\”
The Art of the Matter
When artist Ted Meyer was first diagnosed with Gaucher disease, a lipid-storage disorder that is the most common genetic disease affecting Jews of Eastern European descent, he used his artistic talents to express his pain.
Israel’s Best Hangs
\”Israel in Crisis: 20 Years of Israeli Art, 1980-2000,\” a summerlong avant-garde art exhibit at The Jewish Federation\’s Bell Family Gallery, distills some of the best painters who have brought about a revolution in the Israeli art scene.
Melancholy and an Intimate Sadness
Piero Cividalli\’s paintings call to mind decayed Italian frescos and prehistoric art. But these nods to the past are woven through Cividalli\’s artistic vision, emerging as finished pieces both intelligent and original.
In Search Of Home
When 20 artists with developmental disabilities began talking about the idea of home and community, they never expected to land their first major exhibition. But the Skirball Cultural Center is now featuring their work in an exhibit called \”In Search of Home.\”
Painting Nightmares Away
Thea Robertshaw suffered recurring nightmares long after her parents hid Jews in Nazi-occupied Holland. \”They were always about ominous, faceless soldiers waiting in the dark,\” said the artist, whose dream paintings are on display at the University of Judaism and the ElevenSeven Gallery in Long Beach.
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