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250208: WestLicht - Herlinde Koelbl - Jewish Portraits
Westlicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie: Herlinde Koelbl – Jewish Portraits
Jewish portraits
From 1986 until 1989 the photo artist Herlinde Koelbl took photos of German-speaking Jewish celebrities who had survived the holocaust. The black and white large-format photos depict well-known politicians, businessmen, artists, scientists, authors, and many other professions - such as Grete Weil, Karl Kahane, Sir Karl Popper, Simon Wiesenthal, Alfred Eisenstaedt, George Tabori, and Bruno Kreisky. Next to each of these fabulous portraits, on an additional large-scale format paper, you will find their name, place and date of birth, as well as a quotation which originated from an interview with Koelbl. It is abominating and sickening to think about how many more Jewish people Koelbl could have taken photos of, had they not been cold bloodedly murdered by the horrific Nazi regime.
In Koelbl’s introduction to the exhibit she mentioned that despite the unimaginable tragedies her interview partners had experienced, she was overwhelmed by their curiosity and cordiality, and the impressive absence of bitterness. On many photographs sincere and smiling eyes meet those of the onlooker.
WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie
1070 Wien, Westbahnstrasse 40, 23.03.08
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Westlicht
1070 Wien, Westbahnstrasse 40
Tel: +43 1 522 66 36 - 0, Fax: +43 1 523 13 08
Email: info@westlicht.com
http://www.westlicht.com
Öffnungszeiten: Di, Mi, Fr 14-19, Do 14-21, Sa, So, Fei 11-19 h
Westlicht
1070 Wien, Westbahnstrasse 40
Tel: +43 1 522 66 36 - 0, Fax: +43 1 523 13 08
Email: info@westlicht.com
http://www.westlicht.com
Öffnungszeiten: Di, Mi, Fr 14-19, Do 14-21, Sa, So, Fei 11-19 h