The Holocaust art of Gershon Iskowitz, Isaac Applebaum and Yehouda Chaki : a critical approach in relation to the philosophical writings of the Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt and Julia Kirsteva / Suzanne Beth Rackover.

Publication | Digitized | Library Call Number: NX650.H57 R33 2003

Overview

Summary: This study is a philosophical exploration of the Holocaust representations of three Canadian Jewish artists. The focus is on selected works by Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988), Isaac Applebaum (b. 1946) and Yehouda Chaki (b. 1938). The objective is to explore these works in relation to the writings of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and Julia Kristeva (b. 1941) respectively. Some of the issues to be addressed are: how Iskowitz's representations correspond to Levinas' ethics; how Applebaum's installation Man Makes Himself (1985) exemplifies Arendt's ideas on totalitarianism and the "banality of evil"; and how Chaki's images in the exhibition Mi Makir: The Search for the Missing (1999) are representations of the abject as defined by Kristeva.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Rackover, Suzanne Beth.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003
Notes: Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-101).

Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2004. 22 cm.

Dissertations and Theses

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art. Iskowitz, Gershon,--1919-1988. Applebaum, Isaac. Chaki, Yehouda,--1938- Lévinas, Emmanuel. Arendt, Hannah,--1906-1975. Kristeva, Julia,--1941-

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