How do artists\u2019 identities and the histories of their families influence their art? Where might a creative affinity sustained by a legacy of trauma take an artist? Lotte Laserstein (1898\u20131993) and Emmanuel Bornstein (b. 1986) are connected by such a bond, tied by Bornstein\u2019s grandmother, a R\u00e9sistance fighter and, like Lotte Laserstein, a Jew who survived the Nazis. Bornstein discovered Laserstein\u2019s works by coincidence and without knowing of this connection, and he was fascinated right away: \u201cIt was actually what I\u2019d been trying to make for years!\u201d There are in fact parallels between their oeuvres\u2014both feature people who are waiting and flower bouquets, and a melancholy aspect and a subtle menace can be felt in both. Yet there are also discrepancies, and the dialogue between their works would be far less inspiring without them: Bornstein\u2019s omnipresent toxic cadmium, which contrasts with Laserstein\u2019s muted tones; the paint application; the brushwork. What the artists have in common, in any case, is that Sweden became their abode in times of danger and painting, their only true home. This catalog celebrates their creative homecoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
How do artists\u2019 identities and the histories of their families influence their art? Where might a creative affinity sustained by a legacy of trauma take an artist? Lotte Laserstein (1898\u20131993) and Emmanuel Bornstein (b. 1986) are connected by such a bond, tied by Bornstein\u2019s grandmother, a R\u00e9sistance fighter and, like Lotte Laserstein, a Jew who survived the Nazis. Bornstein discovered Laserstein\u2019s works by coincidence and without knowing of this connection, and he was fascinated right away: \u201cIt was actually what I\u2019d been trying to make for years!\u201d There are in fact parallels between their oeuvres\u2014both feature people who are waiting and flower bouquets, and a melancholy aspect and a subtle menace can be felt in both. Yet there are also discrepancies, and the dialogue between their works would be far less inspiring without them: Bornstein\u2019s omnipresent toxic cadmium, which contrasts with Laserstein\u2019s muted tones; the paint application; the brushwork. What the artists have in common, in any case, is that Sweden became their abode in times of danger and painting, their only true home. This catalog celebrates their creative homecoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22126,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[2208],"product_tag":[2996,4386,4387],"class_list":{"0":"post-22134","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all-books","7":"product_tag-emmanuel-bornstein-en","8":"product_tag-lotte-laserstein-en","9":"product_tag-pensee-en","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n