Conversations at MOCA: Memory and Identity: A Reflection on “My Name is Maryan”

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Wednesday September 14

7:00 PM  –  8:00 PM

Conversations at MOCA is an ongoing public lecture series, aimed at bringing forward discourse on a variety of topics to engage our community of voices. This Conversation is part of the ongoing public programming around the ground breaking exhibition My Name is Maryan.

The Polish-born artist who came to be known as Maryan grew up in a traditional, working-class Jewish family, before being captured by the Nazis and imprisoned at various forced labor camps, as well as the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. The sole survivor of his family, the young artist shed his name after the War and became Maryan in a radical act of self-definition. His iconoclastic, ground-breaking work, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, speaks simultaneously of traumatic loss and the resilience of the human spirit.

Join us for a walk-through of this powerful exhibition followed by an inspiring conversation, as our panel of scholars explores the multiple and profound connections between Maryan’s biography and oeuvre and the concepts of identity and memory.

Panelists

Dr. Helen Sachs Chaset, board member, Miami Dade Holocaust Survivors 

Dr. Rebecca Friedman, Director, Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab, FIU

Luna Goldberg, Education Manager, Jewish Museum of Florida, FIU

Moderator

Dr. Martin Palouš, Director, Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy, FIU

 

Co-sponsors

Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series

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