This month's Tel Aviv University Talk will be devoted to International
Holocaust Day. Today, over 70 years after the Holocaust, as we rapidly
approach an age after testimony, it is more imperative than ever to
“face” our traumatic past. In this talk, we will explore some of
the many works of art created in the camps and ghettos and in hiding.
How did victims use their art? What subject matter did they gravitate
towards and what materials did they use? Often a means of
documentation, art was also a form of creative resistance against the
Nazis’ relentless project of dehumanization. It enabled them to
communicate their protest, despair or hope. Examining many different
kinds of visual artifacts –paintings and drawings as well as a
graphic novel, cartoons, and even stamps and graffiti – we will
learn how each work is a material witness that can help us face the
effaced and remember the dismembered.
This Talk is part of our special series whre Tel Aviv University
International together with the Tel Aviv Yafo Municipality presents a
series of FREE talks to bring you current academic topics relevant for
your everyday lives.
More on the speaker:
RACHEL PERRY TEACHES IN THE WEISS LIVNAT PROGRAM IN HOLOCAUST STUDIES
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA WHERE SHE IS A FELLOW AT THE STROCHLITZ
INSTITUTE FOR HOLOCAUST RESEARCH. She received her doctorate in Art
History from Harvard University, specializing in European Art before,
during and after WWII. A Senior Research Fellow at the Yad Vashem
International Institute for HOLOCAUST RESEARCH, she recently curated
the exhibition _Arrivals, Departures: Salvaged Works by Persecuted
Artists_ at the Hecht Museum. At Tel Aviv University/ in our program,
she teaches a course entitled “After Auschwitz: Representing the
Holocaust from 1945 to the Present.
1915: doors open, light refreshments will be served
19:45-20:45: Rachel Perry’s Talk
20:45-21:15 : Q&A
21:15-21:40 – Discussion and Mingling
**We have limited space, so make sure to register early on our
Eventbrite. You may also write Sharon sharonzel@tauex.tau.ac.il or
Jill at reinach_j@tel-aviv.gov.il
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