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Moroccan-born American painter Coriat de Baëre renders historic images from the Holocaust through a new lens, doing away with the softening effect achieved by the public's familiarity with the images. The nine paintings collected here are coupled with the artist's poems, are all nearly devoid of color, and all lack living subjects. Instead, the artist tests the ability of monochrome to evoke a wintry railroad during WWII, the empty inside of a ghetto, a pile of victims' shoes at a concentration camp, and a scene of bittersweet remembrance. The foreword was authored by Stephen M. Goldman, former director of the Florida Holocaust Museum. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Realm of Silence approaches the most devastating event in modern history with tenderness and beauty. In her pairing of nine oil paintings and nine poems, Elvire Coriat de Baere has created a series of reflections with which the eye and mind may engage gently, reflections that honor life and condemn barbarity in the most human ways. In her work, we find a recognition of the darkest realities of the Second World War, yet simultaneously an affirmation of spirit and compassion, artistry dedicated to the redemption of human grace and dignity. Ms. de Baëre has combined exquisite paintings with poignant verse, bringing new expression to the heretofore silent and unheard, and illuminating the emotional depths of the tortured souls of six million dead.
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