International Artwork exhibition Organized by Peter Wilhelm in the famous Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest
(MMD Newswire) October 14, 2009 -- The 137 years old Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary gives home for a very special the artwork exhibition which honors Anne Frank's 80th birthday.
"Anne Frank became famous due to her diary, written in Dutch, in which despite her young age, she describes in a sensitive, acute and mature way, what she, her family and their friends went through in their hiding place from the Nazis. Anne Frank is the Shoah's 'most famous victim' as well as 'the most famous child of the twentieth century', and her face, with the sad shy smile is one of the icons from this time" - says Peter Wilhelm initiator of the exhibition.
The photographs of Anne Frank are famous documents worldwide representing the Shoah and were adopted by many artists as a source of inspiration to express their feelings and ideas. There is wide use of Anne Frank's image in artworks of many artists worldwide. Every artist refers to her image according to his/her cultural perception and artistic style.
Peter Wilhelm: "For the first time, in the exhibition Anne Frank in the Artists Eyes, a large collection of original artworks depicting Anne Frank has been shown. It expose the wide variety of subjects concerning Anne Frank's image that occupies the artist's thoughts, ideas and emotions.
Twenty artists from Austria, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Israel, UK and USA are participating in this exhibition with various artistic media and style."
The exhibition is organized and sponsored by Peter Wilhelm, founder of Peter Wilhelm Art Center. The curator of the exhibition is Dr. Batya Brutin, Director of the Shoah Studies Program at Beit Berl Academic College in Israel.
On view: from 7th till 22nd October on workdays from 10 a.m. to 5,30 p.m.
For further information please contact by phone +36 20 324 73 53 or via mail: office@peterwilhelm-artcenter.com
website: www.peterwilhelm-artcenter.com
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