Richard Serra, Sculpture: Forty Years (Hand signed by Richard Serra), 2007
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Richard Serra Synagoge Stommeln (German Synagogue) The Drowned and the Saved (Hand signed twice by Richard Serra), 1992
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Richard Serra
Synagoge Stommeln (German Synagogue)
The Drowned and the Saved (Hand signed twice by Richard Serra), 1992
Offset lithograph poster (hand signed twice by Richard Serra on the front)
32 × 24 inches
Unframed
Many people don't realize that the sculptor Richard Serra, who was commissioned by Sheikha al-Mayassa al-Thani to create a monumental minimalist structure in the Qatari desert, is Jewish. This Richard Serra sculpture was part of the Art Project at the Synagoge (Synagogue) Stommeln in the city of Pulheim, Germany.
The Synagogue Stommeln Art Project
The synagogue in Stommeln, today a part of the City of Pulheim, is one of the few synagogues in Germany that were neither destroyed during the pogroms of 1938 nor razed during the post-war surge in urban renewal. In order to do justice to its significance and to stimulate a lasting dialogue on the subject, the art project Synagogue Stommeln was initiated in 1990 under the aegis of the late Dr. Gerhard Dornseifer, Head of the Cultural Department at the time. Since 1991, the city’s Culture Department has annually invited an artist to realise a project that enters into close interaction with the room, defining its architecture while in turn being defined by its historic context.
Serra's title - "The Drowned and the Saved" refers to the seminal novel by philosopher, novelist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi. The publishers' blurb reads:
"Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we have already begun to forget about the Holocaust. His last book before his death, Levi returns to the subject that would define his reputation as a writer and a witness.
Levi breaks his book into eight essays, ranging from topics like the unreliability of memory to how violence twists both the victim and the victimizer. He shares how difficult it is for him to tell his experiences with his children and friends. He also debunks the myth that most of the Germans were in the dark about the Final Solution or that Jews never attempted to escape the camps. As the Holocaust recedes into the past and fewer and fewer survivors are left to tell their stories, The Drowned and the Saved is a vital first-person testament. Along with Elie Wiesel and Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi is remembered as one of the most powerful and perceptive writers on the Holocaust and the Jewish experience during World War II. This is an essential book both for students and literary readers. Reading Primo Levi is a lesson in the resiliency of the human spirit."
The Synagogue Stommeln Art Project
The synagogue in Stommeln, today a part of the City of Pulheim, is one of the few synagogues in Germany that were neither destroyed during the pogroms of 1938 nor razed during the post-war surge in urban renewal. In order to do justice to its significance and to stimulate a lasting dialogue on the subject, the art project Synagogue Stommeln was initiated in 1990 under the aegis of the late Dr. Gerhard Dornseifer, Head of the Cultural Department at the time. Since 1991, the city’s Culture Department has annually invited an artist to realise a project that enters into close interaction with the room, defining its architecture while in turn being defined by its historic context.
Serra's title - "The Drowned and the Saved" refers to the seminal novel by philosopher, novelist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi. The publishers' blurb reads:
"Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own personal experiences, Levi asks if we have already begun to forget about the Holocaust. His last book before his death, Levi returns to the subject that would define his reputation as a writer and a witness.
Levi breaks his book into eight essays, ranging from topics like the unreliability of memory to how violence twists both the victim and the victimizer. He shares how difficult it is for him to tell his experiences with his children and friends. He also debunks the myth that most of the Germans were in the dark about the Final Solution or that Jews never attempted to escape the camps. As the Holocaust recedes into the past and fewer and fewer survivors are left to tell their stories, The Drowned and the Saved is a vital first-person testament. Along with Elie Wiesel and Hannah Arendt, Primo Levi is remembered as one of the most powerful and perceptive writers on the Holocaust and the Jewish experience during World War II. This is an essential book both for students and literary readers. Reading Primo Levi is a lesson in the resiliency of the human spirit."
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