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FREUDENHEIM / BOOKS ON ART
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dren in special Jewish schools, but also studies the history of the
period with great care.
Testimony, Art o f the Holocaust
(Jerusalem, 1982). Inaugural catalogue
of the art museum at Yad Vashem.
Christian Boltanski: Lessons o f Darkness,
Mary Jane Jacob and Lynn
Gumpert (Chicago/Los Angeles/New York, 1988). Exhibition cat
alogue of this contemporary artist whose work is haunted by the
Holocaust experience of his parents.
Judaica,
Giuseppe Guerreschi (Pisa, 1980). Drawings cycle which inter
weaves Jewish and Holocaust thematic materials.
Osias Hofstatter, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1944-1979,
Karlheinz Gabler
(Kassel, 1983). A Holocaust survivor’s work, which still has res
onances for this area of art.
We Are Not the Last,
Michael Gibson and Jean Clair (St. Thomas/V.I.,
1988). Catalogue of the work of Holocaust-based paintings of
Zoran Music.
Art and Exile: Felix Nussbaum 1904-1944,
Emily D. Bilski, with Peter
Junk, Sybil Milton, Wendelin Zimmer (New York, 1985). JMNY
exhibition catalogue, which shows powerful work of an artist gen
erally forgotten, who may be a much more important figure than
previously assumed.
Remember Us to Life
(Berkeley, 1985). This exhibition catalogue of the
art of Lenke Rothman uses Holocaust-related themes of some in
terest.
From Ashes to the Rainbow: A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg.
Works by Alice
Lok Cahana, Barbara Gilbert, Barbara Rose, Alfred Gottschalk,
Sybil Milton (Los Angeles, 1986). This rich exhibition catalogue
confronts the complexities of Holocaust-based imagery placing this
within the context of provocative discussions about the role which
art and the artist have in this arena.
A Mission in Art, Recent Holocaust Works in America,
Vivian Alpert
Thompson (Macon, 1988). A wholly different approach to this
complex subject. In spite of problems in its definitions of what
is meant by Holocaust art, this book enriches the literature.
Bezalel 1906-1929 ,
ed. Nurit Shilo-Cohen (Jerusalem, 1983). Although
produced to accompany an exhibition, this extraordinary book is
more than a catalogue. It documents the Bezalel School and the
work of Boris Schatz in essentially creating a new cultural tradition.
The essays cover a full array of issues, and the photos and color
reproductions make this a major document.