"A face holds the key to the universes that intersect behind the eyes. The wrinkles, the eyes, the hints of hidden scars revealed in a portrait enable us to sense the soul, the character, the acceptances and the denials of the person as no other medium can. The snapshot smile conceals. The thoughtful portrait reveals and stirs. The faces of our aging survivors are uniquely those of...survivors. Portraiture enables the viewer to partly grasp, even as it immortalizes, a story that should never be forgotten." - Eli Rubel
Discovering Hope : Faces of the Holocaust
Opening Reception April 28, 2010 7-10 pm
Hillel at UCLA
574 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Part of MOPLA 2010
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I couldn't agree less with his words above. We are each such complex universes that to think that an image of a face or eyes even comes close to portraying or describing or scratching the surface of that universe is ludicrous.
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