Thank you ROXANA !
NO , I did not , If you look carefully again this was A group
exhibition, which I curated [ there should be my words as curator ]
and Also hung my own work .
My work was the Album , which usualy is kept as album, but while on
display the Album`s cover , becomes the Head of a `memorial colum.`
I have inherited small embroidereed xst works, doilies both
embroidered and crocheted , Several of whom were made by Aunts and
Grandmamas who were murdered In the Holocaust . From Both My husband`s
family as Mine. I put every `work` on acloth page , [ pink for my
family , light blue for husband`s family ] and tried to find
information about those Women , on each page I embroidered Her name ,
her birth place and date , and Her Last place/ date , if I could find
it . I also included some of my stuff , embroidered pieces I did for
my kids , An emblem a Solidier of The` Jewish brigade` gave me as a
child refugee , My army tag , Monograms I found Now, wonder Upon
wonder in folds of tablecloths we have used all our life. some from
the GM I never met.
The Tablecloth made By Sophie Cohen- Kleermaker , was My Oma [
praternal Gm] Truosseau piece , [ the orderly first layer, after she
`graduated` survived Threseinstadt , she came back , got it back from
a neighbour , first mended it and than when people started to sign
their names on it she embroidered it, and this second layer , spread
and shattered as her life ,,,, The combination of those 2 layers made
it art ,,,
Haya Ran , [ works Lie quietly , and the Aprons and the portraits , is
really a known painter , she was painting my picture from a childhood
photo , when her mother died and since I told her about My exhibition
idea , she felt that she could deal with loosing her mother by using
textiles she inherited.
Haim Maor, a famous painter, Critic , founder of the Isreali Art Mag
Studio, lecture of art ,, many international prizes, was The critic of
My first Solo , after which we became friends and colleagues, he
painted one work on an inherited family Xst , by this converting a
usual daily kit work into a very special meaning , His Model Sana ,,
FLOATS over the celelbrating people like the spirit of Ophelia ,,
hinting at the coming disaster, His Other work , He embroidered FAMILY
Titles [ i.e. Mother father Grand mother aunt brother inlaw ], IN
YIDDISH over bought ready made tapestry, and framed it in the shape of
A family tree ....
Avishay Eyal , painter Teacher in University art Dept, curator
converted inherited tablecloth into a map of Germany where names of
cities became names of Jewish women , while on other he printed /drew
some German Children`s poems , and built a TEA tray with objects.
Oli Grausz A well known artist in Israel and Rumania Built Objects To
memoirise her grand partents , The grave stone with the Buttons , the
altar with the Handkerchiefs , and OMA where Oma`s removable lace
Collar became A Wreath of memory.
It was A great Honor and pleasure to curate this exhibition. Many
people came out with tears , many said i took them back to their
childhood of the lost world .
over 15ooo peoplle entered this site , and on Holocaust memorial day i
got many letters.
I hope this answers your question ,