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their nostalgic tomb sculptures and most the Jewish ones, where the grass is growing
between the stones and all given back to nature “ad olam”, until the end of the world.
As you can see in my “A Nightmare’s Diary” I travelled therefore to the famous Pére
Lachaise in Paris and Highgate in London, the “Holy Sand” in Worms , the greatest
Jewish Cemetery of Eastern Europe in Lodz and, of course the old Jewish Cemetery in
Prag. The consciousness of our transitoriness seems somehow natural to me and not
negative at all, as far as we don’t become obsessed of it totally.
the first Jewish cemetery I got to know. The sight of
this lost place with the reddish tombstones and the
faded grass around was absolutely romantic. But be
cautious: The romantic on my painting is dubious! If
you take a nearer look, you can also see the bones of
concentration camp victims shining through. There's
no Jew living at this place any more and we know why.
Innocent romantic isn't appropriate at all!
You can easily see, that I used the same tombstones
for the painting left below combined with Helleborus
plants, which are to me symbols of eternal life.
(9.4x11.6), oil on acrylic, 1986
(9.4x11.6), oil on acrylic, 1986
(9.4x11.6), oil on acrylic, 1986
acrylic, 1985
acrylic, 1985
acrylic, 1985
cemetery of Haigerloch is partly
destroyed and underlayed with
squared paper (all painted!). The
most terrifying objects I saw in
Auschwitz were the books of
squared paper with the
meticulous notes about the daily
death rates. The cemetery of
Haigerloch has been the place,
where 1944 the Jews were
collected for their deportation.
acrylic, 1985
acrylic, 1985
they were composed as a unit, they're shown here in a row, that you can get an idea of the entire composition.
1996
acrylic, 1996
acrylic, 1996
acrylic, 1996
today. It's therefore not allowed to make photos
there, but you may draw. Curiously enough the
cemetery's position isn't shown exactly on any map!
acrylic, 1996