Press Release: Holocaust Exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
02/4/2011
Contact:
Pamela Burton, Director of Communications
303-762-6948
Holocaust Art Exhibit at Denver Seminary
Special Exhibition illustrates a visual account of generations of inflicted souls whose physical existence was desecrated by the Nazi terror in the Holocaust.
On view from January 18, 2011 through March 15, 2011, at the Bridge Gallery on the Denver Seminary campus.
Bridge Gallery at Denver Seminary is exhibiting Holocaust, a collection of works by local artists Irene McCray and Martin Mendelsberg. Curator Sandra Jean Ceas presents the Holocaust theme as a narrative relevant to The Holocaust and the Bible conference, scheduled at the Seminary on February 10th and 11th, 2011. Conference discussions will include theological perspectives on the Holocaust, including the role of “bystanders.” This special exhibition will be on view at the Bridge Gallery, located in the Simpson Leadership Center on Denver Seminary's campus, 6399 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, CO 80120, from January 18, 2011, through March 15, 2011. An Artists’ Reception will be held on February 18th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, also at the Bridge Gallery. Artists will discuss their work at 7:00 pm.
As a middle class American Jewish child, Martin Mendelsberg remembers witnessing documentary footage of the death camps in Poland along with old family photographs, which indelibly marked his subconscious with the occurrence of the Holocaust. Martin’s digital art is a culmination of more than ten years of Hebrew letterform studies, image-making, reflection, memory, and dreams. Mendelsberg shared his dreams with friend, colleague, and artist Irene McCray, who brings life to his dreams in the sacred space of her large oil paintings. McCray is the same age as Mendelsberg but not a Jew. Although she experienced the same narrative visions as a child, she was more of a “bystander” looking for an outlet for her reactions to one of humanity’s greatest traumas.
Viewers will encounter this dialogue between Mendelsberg and McCray as they walk through Bridge Gallery’s Holocaust exhibition reflecting on the generational wounds from this tragic event. Additional information about the exhibit can also be found on Denver Seminary’s website at www.denverseminary.edu/holocaustexhibit.
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