Malmö Konsthall opens an exhibition of 140 drawings and paintings by Roma artist Ceija Stojka
Malmö Konsthall opens an exhibition of 140 drawings and paintings by Roma artist Ceija Stojka Ceija Stojka, Landleben, 1993. Acrylic on cardboard, 50 x 64,5 cm © Collection Patricia & Marcus Meier, Wien. MALMO .- Roma artist Ceija Stojka (19332013) was born and raised in Styria in Austria, where her family made their living as traders. Following Nazi Germanys annexation of Austria in 1938, her family was persecuted, arrested, and sent to the concentration camps. Stojka was barely ten years old when she arrived at Auschwitz. She survived three concentration camps: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ra...
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