Belen – Through the Flower, the non-profit feminist art organization founded by pioneer feminist art educator Judy Chicago, will host an Art Conversation with Donald Woodman of Belen, on Saturday, June 24 at 2 pm.
Woodman, photographer and co-creator with Judy Chicago of “The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light,” will speak on “Combining Narratives to Express the unspeakable.”
Judy Chicago's web site, www.judychicago.com (http://www.judychicago.com/) which also provides considerable information about the "Through the Flower Foundation" and the feminist arts-related goals of Judy Chicago -- explains the origins and purpose of this years long project this way:
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Judy Chicago hard at work doing what She does best.
Photo Credit: www.throughtheflower.org/ (http://www.throughtheflower.org/)
Excerpted from a text written by Isaiah Kuperstein, 1996.
The Holocaust Project: From Darkness Into Light is the vision of the world-renowned artist Judy Chicago, who with Donald Woodman, distinguished photographer, created a traveling art exhibition which engages viewers to think about their relationships with other people and to our planet as a whole. It casts the Holocaust as a reference point for an exploration of profound issues that relate to the human condition - past, present and future. The Holocaust is approached as an event that happened at the core of our civilization, the heart of our culture, and in the midst of societies resembling our own. It is a pivotal event for contemporary society.
The exhibit takes visitors on a journey into one of the darkest periods of modern history through a series of art works which includes a tapestry, two stained glass windows, and in the main part of the exhibit, 13 large- scale tableaus combining painting and photography in an unprecedented manner. The art transforms the experience of the Holocaust into images that will become part of people's visual and mental record and thus irreversibly touch their lives.
And in June, 2000, the LeHigh University web site described it this way.
"The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light (http://www.judychicago.com/scripts/shopplus.cgi?DN=judychicago.com&CARTID=%CArtid%25&ACTION=add&FILE=gholo/frameset_holo.html)," an imaginative and controversial art exhibit by internationally known artist Judy Chicago, with photography by Donald Woodman, will be shown at Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center February 9 through June 11, 2000.
Eight years in the making, "The Holocaust Project" takes visitors on a journey into one of the darkest periods of modern history through a series of works including a tapestry, stained-glass pieces, and large-scale tableaus that combine painting and photography. "The final result," says art historian Edward Lucie-Smith, "transcends the boundaries of documentary realism, and as such proposes a new kind of moral and idealistic art."
The artists use the Holocaust as a prism to view other victim experiences and to explore the human condition in the modern world. While researching the project, Judy Chicago began to perceive that "the unique experience of the Holocaust could be window into an aspect of the unarticulated but universal human experience of victimization. The problem was how to express that while honoring the particularity of the Holocaust as a historical event."
The exhibit has appeared at the Spertus Museum in Chicago, the Austin Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Boston, and the Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum."
The talk is free to Through the Flower members; tickets are $5 for student and Valencia County residents and $10 to the general public.
Mr. Woodman will show slides and talk about the process of combining his extensive documentary photography with Judy Chicago’s media in their provocative traveling exhibition, “The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light.”
Two-time Oscar award-winning film editor Kate Amend’s half-hour documentary about the making of the project also will be shown. Amend, who won her Oscars for editing films about the Holocaust, became part of the Through the Flower community when she volunteered as a research on Judy Chicago’s landmark installation work, “The Dinner Party.”
Woodman and Chicago, who are married spent eight years traveling, studying and creating the art of “The Holocaust Project” (1985-1993.) Most recently, they were the first Chancellor’s Artists in Residence at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
Woodman’s solo work is on view at Zane Bennett Gallery in Santa Fe from June 9 – July 11, with a gallery talk slated for June 11 at 2 pm.
Both “The Dinner Party” and “The Holocaust Project” were sponsored and circulated by Through the Flower. For more information 864-4080 or visit www.throughtheflower.org (http://www.throughtheflower.org/)
This program is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information on Mr. Woodman and his remarkable photography, we highly recommend a visit to the web site of Santa Fe's Zane Bennet Gallery which is currently featuring an exhibit of Mr Woodman's work. You can find that web page here: www.zanebennettgallery.com/zane-bennett-current-exhibit.htm (http://www.zanebennettgallery.com/zane-bennett-current-exhibit.htm)
By: Through The Flower
Photo Credit: www.throughtheflower.org/ (http://www.throughtheflower.org/)
© 2006 Through The Flower - Belen, NM - Reprint Permission Granted
Belen – Through the Flower, the non-profit feminist art organization founded by pioneer feminist art educator Judy Chicago, will host an Art Conversation with Donald Woodman of Belen, on Saturday, June 24 at 2 pm.
http://sonewmex.com/images/holocaust_big.gif
Photo Credit: www.throughtheflower.org/ (http://www.throughtheflower.org/)
Woodman, photographer and co-creator with Judy Chicago of “The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light,” will speak on “Combining Narratives to Express the unspeakable.”
Judy Chicago's web site, www.judychicago.com (http://www.judychicago.com/) which also provides considerable information about the "Through the Flower Foundation" and the feminist arts-related goals of Judy Chicago -- explains the origins and purpose of this years long project this way:
http://sonewmex.com/images/judychicago.jpg
Judy Chicago hard at work doing what She does best.
Photo Credit: www.throughtheflower.org/ (http://www.throughtheflower.org/)
Excerpted from a text written by Isaiah Kuperstein, 1996.
The Holocaust Project: From Darkness Into Light is the vision of the world-renowned artist Judy Chicago, who with Donald Woodman, distinguished photographer, created a traveling art exhibition which engages viewers to think about their relationships with other people and to our planet as a whole. It casts the Holocaust as a reference point for an exploration of profound issues that relate to the human condition - past, present and future. The Holocaust is approached as an event that happened at the core of our civilization, the heart of our culture, and in the midst of societies resembling our own. It is a pivotal event for contemporary society.
The exhibit takes visitors on a journey into one of the darkest periods of modern history through a series of art works which includes a tapestry, two stained glass windows, and in the main part of the exhibit, 13 large- scale tableaus combining painting and photography in an unprecedented manner. The art transforms the experience of the Holocaust into images that will become part of people's visual and mental record and thus irreversibly touch their lives.
And in June, 2000, the LeHigh University web site described it this way.
"The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light (http://www.judychicago.com/scripts/shopplus.cgi?DN=judychicago.com&CARTID=%CArtid%25&ACTION=add&FILE=gholo/frameset_holo.html)," an imaginative and controversial art exhibit by internationally known artist Judy Chicago, with photography by Donald Woodman, will be shown at Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center February 9 through June 11, 2000.
Eight years in the making, "The Holocaust Project" takes visitors on a journey into one of the darkest periods of modern history through a series of works including a tapestry, stained-glass pieces, and large-scale tableaus that combine painting and photography. "The final result," says art historian Edward Lucie-Smith, "transcends the boundaries of documentary realism, and as such proposes a new kind of moral and idealistic art."
The artists use the Holocaust as a prism to view other victim experiences and to explore the human condition in the modern world. While researching the project, Judy Chicago began to perceive that "the unique experience of the Holocaust could be window into an aspect of the unarticulated but universal human experience of victimization. The problem was how to express that while honoring the particularity of the Holocaust as a historical event."
The exhibit has appeared at the Spertus Museum in Chicago, the Austin Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Boston, and the Tampa Bay Holocaust Memorial Museum."
The talk is free to Through the Flower members; tickets are $5 for student and Valencia County residents and $10 to the general public.
Mr. Woodman will show slides and talk about the process of combining his extensive documentary photography with Judy Chicago’s media in their provocative traveling exhibition, “The Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light.”
Two-time Oscar award-winning film editor Kate Amend’s half-hour documentary about the making of the project also will be shown. Amend, who won her Oscars for editing films about the Holocaust, became part of the Through the Flower community when she volunteered as a research on Judy Chicago’s landmark installation work, “The Dinner Party.”
Woodman and Chicago, who are married spent eight years traveling, studying and creating the art of “The Holocaust Project” (1985-1993.) Most recently, they were the first Chancellor’s Artists in Residence at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.
Woodman’s solo work is on view at Zane Bennett Gallery in Santa Fe from June 9 – July 11, with a gallery talk slated for June 11 at 2 pm.
Both “The Dinner Party” and “The Holocaust Project” were sponsored and circulated by Through the Flower. For more information 864-4080 or visit www.throughtheflower.org (http://www.throughtheflower.org/)
This program is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information on Mr. Woodman and his remarkable photography, we highly recommend a visit to the web site of Santa Fe's Zane Bennet Gallery which is currently featuring an exhibit of Mr Woodman's work. You can find that web page here: www.zanebennettgallery.com/zane-bennett-current-exhibit.htm (http://www.zanebennettgallery.com/zane-bennett-current-exhibit.htm)