Esther Artwork

On the official website of the Shoah Memorial, it is written: "The Shoah means 'catastrophe' in Hebrew. This term refers specifically to the killing of nearly 6 million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during the period of the Second World War." It is estimated that the Holocaust decimated 40% of the Jewish population in the world and 50% of that settled in Europe. Esther is a biblical figure from the 5th century. av. J-C., whose first name seems to come from the old Persian stareh, "star", "star", recalling the Babylonian goddess Isthar. It is present in the Book of Esther. Wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus, from whom she hid her religion, she prevented the extermination of the Jews of the kingdom. In this canvas, I used two types of paper: the first pages of the autobiography "Un vie", by Simone Veil, where she recounts her deportation, and pages of the graphic novel "Anne Frank", by Ari Folman and David Polonsky. We see in particular the plan of the house where Anne was hidden with her family, as well as a visit to a veterinarian who accepts Jews. Like the grim statistics, I have proportionately split the two fates: Simone Veil, who survived, takes up about 60% of Esther's face, while Anne fills the remaining 40%, symbolizing the exterminated Jews.

Mixed Media:Paper on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:25.6 W x 35.4 H x 0.8 D in

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