SB11 The piece was inspired by a modern photograph of the Jewish Quarters on Rhodes island. The photograph was so stunning as the architecture of the ancient buildings was fitting in showing the historical heritage of the Jew’s claim to the island. The choice of charcoal...
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SB12 Rhodes, island of sun, beaches and tourism, resting in the South Aegean near Turkey. Rhodes, site of the Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the world. The old medieval town, a UNESCO World Heritage City, with its Palace and Street of the Knights, its...
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SB13 Yom Hashoa, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, reminds us of the horrors that Jews and other persecuted groups faced - forced labor, starvation, humiliation, and torture, which often resulted in death. The reason behind my choice was that with this project I wanted to represent...
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SB14 This piece was created for our Yom Hashoa project that aimed to focus on and commemorate the Rhode Island holocaust survivors. The background of the work is of the outside of a shul found on the island. This is paired with a painting of a...
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SB15 When I was at the Holocaust museum, I was looking at a big photograph of the Hitler Youth boys. I wanted to capture one of the boys in my artwork to get a sense of the harsh reality that was Nazi Germany. The medium that...
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SB16 I looked through a book that centred around Rhodes that my grandmother gave to me. A photo that caught my eye was a building in Rhodes, which I felt showcased the captivating beauty of the island. The medium that I used was watercolour as I...
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SB17 The reason I chose this photo is because to others this old woman looks like an ordinary old person, however, I interpret it with much more meaning. The way I see and perceive this image is that this is a strong woman who has been...
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SB18 Lior looked at images of marriage from Rhodes. It was important that marriage signified a promise of the future, that was disrupted by the Holocaust. The watercolour medium in its fluency and transparency rendered the figures as fragile....
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SB19 I did hands in black and white holding a red rose as I thought it represented the idea of the Jews in the Holocaust. The black and white hands, represent the sad reality of the Jewish people during the Holocaust but the rose in red, is...
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SB20 “The Hunio Family” This piece is based on a portrait photograph of the Hunio family of Rhodes taken in 1911. While visiting the Sephardi Shul and hearing the stories of the Jews of Rhodes, I was inspired to create a work that focused on family and...
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