Photography & the Holocaust: Then and Now will investigate tribalism–the inability of many to accept those who are different from themselves–its links to antisemitism and other forms of racism, and how that mindset results in the oppression and violence we consistently witness. This comprehensive exhibition will feature over 15 contemporary artists whose practice incorporates new
July 9 through August 29 Opening Reception: Friday, July 9, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Artists Noah Breuer, Alexandra Knox and Manda Remmen all look at the issues lurking behind capitalism labor, ownership and consumerism from different points of view. Breuer delves into family members lost in the Holocaust who ran a textile-printing business, Carl Breuer and Sons, until Nazis took it away from them in 1939 through the reproduction of textile designs from the C, B & S archives; Knox addresses the hardships of child-rearing with “Stockpile,” a sculpture of plaster milk bags, and “PunchCard,” a series mimicking time cards punched for the labor of caring for a newborn; and Remmen uses rearrangeable house-paint color chips named in fancy script to cast shade on the ridiculous commercial names of said colors.