November 9 – December 15, 2002

Legacy Maltwood (at Mearns Centre – McPherson Library)

This was an exhibit of multimedia work by Amy Ainbinder that explores the relationship of past horrors and genocide to our world today.

Ainbinder commands a visual vocabulary in a rich variety of media ranging from oil stick and wax to induced rust on metal and railway ties. her work is layered and textured as the stories of anguish and triumph which she retells. Ainbinder has been exploring themes of genocide, human rights abuses and political violence since 1979.

The pieces on this exhibition refer to specific moments in history, mostly centering on the Holocaust, and yet their eloquence speaks to other horrors occuring around us in the present.