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H - Gil Yefman (Paperback)
Gil Yefman; Introduction by Shai Ohayon; Contributions by Sonja M Hedgepeth
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A fully bilingual (Japanese / English) catalogue for an exhibition
of Gil Yefman, entitled "H," at The Container in Tokyo
(www.the-container.com) The catalogue explores through writings and
images the relation between sexuality and WWII and focuses on Block
24, an isolated unit in the concentration camp of Auschwitz that
was used as a brothel, forcing female workers into sex-slavery. Gil
Yefman is an Israeli artist exploring gender, sexuality, religion
and the collective Jewish memory through a wide range of
disciplines. His main medium of work is knitting, which he uses to
produce complex, colourful, and child-like sculptures. His works
are amusing and fun-like, while secreting potent and unforgiving
themes. He has exhibited extensively in Israel and abroad. "H" is
his debut exhibition in Japan. The Container, as the name suggests,
is no more than a constructed shipping container (485x180x177cm),
inside Bross hair salon in trendy Nakameguro, Tokyo. The Container,
the brainchild of Tokyo-based curator Shai Ohayon, invites Japanese
and international artists to make site-specific installations four
times a year. Each installation remains on view to the public for
two-and-a-half months.
Using testimonies, Nazi documents, memoirs, and artistic
representations, this volume broadens and deepens comprehension of
Jewish women's experiences of rape and other forms of sexual
violence during the Holocaust. The book goes beyond previous
studies, and challenges claims that Jewish women were not sexually
violated during the Holocaust.
This anthology by an interdisciplinary and international group of
scholars addresses topics such as rape, forced prostitution,
assaults on childbearing, artistic representations of sexual
violence, and psychological insights into survivor trauma. These
subjects have been relegated to the edges or completely left out of
Holocaust history, and this book aims to shift perceptions and
promote new discourse.
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