Barely entering the exhibition spaces of the Museum of Art and History of Judaism (MAHJ), the visitor sees the illustrations of Si Lewen (1918-2016) come to life.
Children running smile on their lips.
Families captivated by the spectacle of the street and leaning out of the windows.
Cheering crowd waving small flags.
Military parade advancing the rounded torso to the sound of a trumpet ... The rest is much more ferocious and fatal.
From the outset, we are struck by the evocative power of these 63 black and white drawings, silent but never having been so meaningful.
This set is a nugget lost in the twists and turns of history.
Here it is brought back to light by the creator of
Maus
.
A survivor tells
, the American Art Spiegelman.
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While in Paris, the one who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for this graphic novel made a point of guiding visitors himself on the day of the inauguration of this Si Lewen retrospective in Paris.
“In 2012 on the occasion of a conference I was to give at the Opera
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