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Anne Frank in the Artists Eyes - Exhibition |
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Written by PWAC
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 09:39 |
Peter Wilhelm has honored Anne Frank's 80th birthday with an original artwork exhibition and various activities from 6th till 22nd October 2009. in the old Rumbach-Synagogue in Budapest.
Anne Frank became famous due to her diary, written in Dutch, in which despite her young age, she describes in a sensitive, acute and mature way, what she, her family and their friends went through in their hiding place from the Nazis. Anne Frank is the Shoah's 'most famous victim' as well as 'the most famous child of the twentieth century', and her face, with the sad shy smile is one of the icons of twentieth century.
The photographs of Anne Frank are famous documents worldwide representing the Shoah and were adopted by many artists as a source of inspiration to express their feelings and ideas. There is wide use of Anne Frank's image in artworks of many artists worldwide. Every artist refers to her image according to his/her cultural perception and artistic style.
For the first time, in the exhibition Anne Frank in the Artists Eyes, a large collection of original artworks depicting Anne Frank has been shown. It has exposed the wide variety of subjects concerning Anne Frank's image that occupies the artist's thoughts, ideas and emotions. Twenty nine artists from Hungary, Germany, Austria, Holland, Sweden, UK, USA and Israel have participated in this exhibition with various artistic media and style. The curator of the exhibition has been Dr. Batya Brutin, from Israel. |
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