Join us for the opening of Remembrance and Renewal: American Artists and the Holocaust, 1940–1970, the first exhibition to examine the influence of the Holocaust on mid-twentieth-century American art, organized by Eskenazi Museum of Art Curator of European and American Art Dr. Jenny McComas.
Seventy-four works of art (paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, books, and studies for Holocaust memorials) will be presented courtesy of twenty-five lenders from across the United States, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Gallery of Art. About one-third of the featured objects are from the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s permanent collection, and the project has served as a catalyst for several new acquisitions.
Artists represented in the exhibition range from canonical abstract painters such as Mark Rothko and Frank Stella to figures such as Abraham Rattner, Boris Lurie, Anna Walinska, and Luise Kaish, whose work deserves greater recognition. The aesthetic diversity of the exhibition illuminates the Holocaust’s broad—yet underrecognized—impact on midcentury American art.
5–7:30 p.m. | Opening reception, vegetarian hors d’oeuvres and cash bar (first floor)
5:30–6:30 p.m. | Introductory Remarks by Dr. Mark Roseman, Director of the Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University, followed by a lecture, “The Holocaust in Midcentury American Art,” presented by the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s Curator of European and American Art Dr. Jenny McComas. (Martin Commons, second floor, livestreamed)
Register for the Zoom link: https://events.iu.edu/artmuseum/event/2007190-remembrance-and-renewal-american-artists-and-the-hol
Generous support for this exhibition and catalogue has been provided by the Henry Luce Foundation; the Foltyn Family; the Dorit and Gerald Paul Fund for Jewish Culture and the Arts in the Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University; Glick Philanthropies; the Herbert Simon Family Foundation; the IU Presidential Arts and Humanities program; the Jewish Culture Center, Indiana University; the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture; the Boris Lurie Art Foundation and the Schaina & Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation; Jack and Grace Dayan; POSH on Kirkwood, Elliot R. Lewis; the Pressman Family; Paula W. Sunderman, PhD; Dorit S. Paul; faculty research funding from the Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University; Daniel Klausner; Paul Robins and Idie Kesner; and Jo and Steve Ham.
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