Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival

This lecture explores several interlocking themes. The work of three artists, each in a different medium—Alice was primarily a painter, Ronnie is a poet, and Kitra is a well-recognized photographer and filmmaker—will be presented and explored with regard to both aesthetic and conceptual intentions and outcomes. Since these three artists represent three generations from within one family, the question of how that familial relationship does or does not impinge on the artistic output being examined will be explored. Inevitably, the fact that the first of the three was a Holocaust survivor and the second is a survivor of a major stroke—who is slowly re-gaining his ability to speak and to move–will lead to a discussion of the various levels at which one may understand the concept “survival”–physical, mental, psychological-spiritual–and how the interwoven layers of that concept may be said to have affected the life and the art of all three generations in this matrix.

This talk discusses topics which are explored more deeply in the book with the same title, which is edited by Ori Z Soltes and will be published on November 30th 2020 by Berghahn Books and The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art.

Generously sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.

Find out more at: fritzaschersociety.org/exhibition-event/cahana

Location & Time

Wednesday, November 18, 12:00 PM

Via Zoom

Please register here: Zoom.us/webinar/register

Coming up:

November 25, 2020 at 12:00pm ET

“Legacy And Creativity: The Filmmaking and Photography of Kitra Cahana”