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09-19-2008, 09:49 AM
Wiegand Gallery
Notre Dame de Namur University
1500 Ralston Avenue
Belmont, CA 94002
www.Wiegandgallery.org
650-508-3595
Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 12-4pm. Admission is free.
Gallery will be closed on October 21st, 2008
Misch Kohn: Conscience and Vision
September 19-October 25, 2008
The Wiegand Gallery is proud to present the works of renowned printmaker Misch Kohn. Misch Kohn was a seminal figure in American printmaking for the past six decades. This exhibition will highlight the works of Misch Kohn that reflect his views on politics, injustice and social issues. The opening reception will be held on Sunday, September 28th from 2-4 pm. There will be a lecture by Jo Farb Hernandez about Misch Kohn’s work from 2:30-3:15 as part of the reception program.
Kohn’s earliest lithographs and wood engravings in the 1930s expressed his deepest connections and concerns with the sociopolitical climate of the time. Kohn’s seminal work, Pursuit of Freedom, is a series of 16 small wood engravings illustrating a history of the civil liberties movement in Illinois. The project was published in 1942 and was sponsored by the W.PA. and financed by the Chicago Civil Liberties Committee. These social concerns continue as themes in his work throughout his life reflecting his interest in portraying the human condition. While many works reference specific historical facts such as the Vietnam War or mistreatment of blacks in the South, they transcend their period and become universal statements about the nature of war, cruelty and man’s inhumanity toward man.
Notre Dame de Namur University
1500 Ralston Avenue
Belmont, CA 94002
www.Wiegandgallery.org
650-508-3595
Gallery Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 12-4pm. Admission is free.
Gallery will be closed on October 21st, 2008
Misch Kohn: Conscience and Vision
September 19-October 25, 2008
The Wiegand Gallery is proud to present the works of renowned printmaker Misch Kohn. Misch Kohn was a seminal figure in American printmaking for the past six decades. This exhibition will highlight the works of Misch Kohn that reflect his views on politics, injustice and social issues. The opening reception will be held on Sunday, September 28th from 2-4 pm. There will be a lecture by Jo Farb Hernandez about Misch Kohn’s work from 2:30-3:15 as part of the reception program.
Kohn’s earliest lithographs and wood engravings in the 1930s expressed his deepest connections and concerns with the sociopolitical climate of the time. Kohn’s seminal work, Pursuit of Freedom, is a series of 16 small wood engravings illustrating a history of the civil liberties movement in Illinois. The project was published in 1942 and was sponsored by the W.PA. and financed by the Chicago Civil Liberties Committee. These social concerns continue as themes in his work throughout his life reflecting his interest in portraying the human condition. While many works reference specific historical facts such as the Vietnam War or mistreatment of blacks in the South, they transcend their period and become universal statements about the nature of war, cruelty and man’s inhumanity toward man.