The painting evokes feelings of longing, loss, but also of the power of remembrance.
At the center of the work stands a commercial building from the past, wrapped in torn netting as a symbol of a past that has crumbled. Its wide windows and arches hint at the building’s pulsating place in the heart of a vibrant Jewish community in Eastern Europe in 1941.
The surrounding landscape is bleak and surreal – dark spheres hover like stubborn memories, and shadows gnaw at the outline of what once existed.
The tearing in the background is not just physical, but metaphorical: it tears the continuity of time, connecting us to the silent cry of a mutilated culture.
