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The definitive study of this powerful series of drawings by the
influential artist Internationally renowned as a printmaker,
Mauricio Lasansky (1914-2012) unleashed his brilliant draftsmanship
in his self-titled series The Nazi Drawings. The Argentina-born
artist created the body of work largely in the 1960s, as the
televised trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann awakened the
world to the depths of Nazi atrocities. Lasansky's haunting
interpretations reflect his response to the unfolding details. "I
was full of hate, poison, and I wanted to spit it out," he said.
The thirty-three monumental drawings, made from charcoal, wash, and
collage, examine the horrors of the Holocaust, especially the
suffering of women and children. The series became Lasansky's most
famous and notable work and was included among the opening
exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1967.
Envisioning Evil accompanies the exhibition of The Nazi Drawings at
the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2021. Curator Rachel McGarry
provides comprehensive biographical, cultural, and historical
context for the artist and the creation of this series in three
essays and an illustrated timeline. McGarry also traces Holocaust
awareness before and after the 1961 Eichmann trial and examines the
role of art, literature, and popular media in bringing the genocide
into public discourse. Rabbi Barry D. Cytron, former chaplain and
professor of religious studies at Macalester College, contributes
an essay on the international religious response to revelations
about Nazi crimes and their relation to Lasansky's art. Created as
a reaction to the crimes committed against the Jews during the
Holocaust, The Nazi Drawings endure as a condemnation against all
persecution and extermination of humanity.
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