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discomfort following my research on the diasporical fate The difficulty of unveiling (with artistic means) the

of Jewry (also private interest in grandfather Zikmund’s complexity of the issue is overwhelming; nevertheless,
life and times). Needless to say, the unflattering results of Dada’s inherent impertinence seems to provide many
my research (centuries of persecution, pogrom numbers options (text integration and image names using
suggesting a time-spread Shoah, ’33 Catholic Church synonyms). Stylistically, my images try to catch the
Concordat agreement, voyage of the USS St. Louis, Evian viewer’s eye through colorful performance and conceal

and Bermuda Conferences, concealing and suppression possibly discomforting details (it often takes a sharper
of the Vrba/Wetzler and von Otter reports, reduction of second look to discover the unpleasant). Content-driven,
immigration quotas to Palestine, Vatican postwar rat-line my artwork can be seen as storytelling with a belated

policy, etc.) have influenced my artwork decisively and flow personal involvement or indicating an open-end rather
into my images in an unconventional manner, reflecting my than event illustrations (in the image-output timetable,
offbeat, mainstream-differing position. Although I try to set a 2:1 relation between theme preparation and painting,
my retro-artwork to rest (visits to Dachau ’82 and Auschwitz drawing, or collage procedure may be realistic).
’05), the obsession still recurs. See also “External links” - www.wittbeat.com

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