Gallery I

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A series of drawings in pen and ink by Selinger done in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Selinger's depiction of the conditions and brutality of the German concentration camps are done in a style that creates a fragmented narrative but provides sufficient indication of the violence so that the story is well understood. Some commentaries of the artist's work have suggested his drawing style evokes images of Aztec and Mayan drawings, or can even be referenced to brutality in Africa because of the shading. However, by title and visual reference, it is clear that the essence of the story is the Holocaust. Particularly importance is the perception of the brutality of the perpetrators.  Especially interesting the "Musicians Among the Dead," which provides testimony of the SS's use of an orchestra near the gas chamber at Auschwitz, and music played at other camps as well.

Viewers are reminded that few photos were ever taken by inmates in concentration camps and ghettos. Therefore, drawing and painting are the only visual resources from the point of view of the victims. These images were created well after the artist's liberation from Auschwitz, but are a testimony to the durability of memory.

Artworks

Collective Punishment	Mother & Children Attacked	Punishment by Head in Water	Prisoners Hung By Ropes
Before the Gas Chamber	Before the Gas Chamber	Before the Gas Chamber (Detail)	Before the Gas Chamber (Detail)
In Gas Chamber	Medical Experiment	Medical Experiment (Detail)	Medical Experiment (Detail)
Medical Experiment (Detail)	In the Mines	Work at Mines	In the Mines (Detail)
In the Mines (Detail)	Prisoners in the Mines	Prisoners in the Mines (Detail)	Prisoners in the Mines (Detail)
In the Mines	Musel Mines	Death Cart	Sport Machine
Children Assasination	Shower of Gas	Entering Camp	Musicians Among Death
25 Lashes	Lashes	Selection	Carrying the Dead
Dead n Living	Bodies Hung like Meat	Hanging	Returning to Camp After Work