DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Identidad by Silvia Levenson:
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January 24 through March 15, 2015.
In her exhibition Identidad, Silvia Levenson channels her identity as a survivor of the Argentinian Dirty War and her emotional connection to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in order to push the bounds of her skills as a glassmaker and produce refined glass work. "I feel that glass is the ideal medium for conveying this mixed feeling of beauty, fragility and tension that represents our human condition." Identidad will pay homage to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo is a human rights organization founded in 1977 with the mission of locating children kidnapped during the repression. Silvia will create 111 glass pieces of baby clothing to represent the number of cases solved by the Grandmothers.
Identidad will educate the public on the solemn history of the Argentinian Dirty War as well as the significant impact of the Grandmothers campaign. Moreover, the exhibition will expose viewers to the skillful work of this profound international glassmaker. In 1976, Silvia was 19 years old and pregnant with her daughter Natalia. March 24, 1976, the date of Natalia's birth, is a well-remembered date in Argentinian history as it marked the beginning of the 7-year dictatorship. Between 1976 and 1983, the military dictatorship kidnapped, tortured, and killed about 30,000 people known as "los desaparecidos" or "the disappeared." Thirty percent of those kidnapped were young women, many with children by their side or in their womb. These children were later stripped of their identity and given up for adoption. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo work to find the abducted children and return them to their natural family. Levenson and her daughter Natalia were not kidnapped and therefore, she feels like a survivor. Levenson channels her identity as a survivor and her emotional connection to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in order to push the bounds of her skills as a glassmaker and produce the refined glass works in Identidad. "I feel that glass is the ideal medium for conveying this mixed feeling of beauty, fragility and tensions that represent our human condition."
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KATIDE_150124_01.JPG: Silvia Levenson channels her identity as a survivor of the Argentinian Dirty War and her emotional connection to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in order to push the bounds of her skills and produce refined glass work. The 116 glass objects of baby clothes in Identidad help tell the emotional story of hundreds of children that were torn from their parents and illegally adopted during the Argentinean Dirty War, a time of state terrorism between 1976 and 1983. The impressive courage of the Abuelas de Plazo de Mayo (Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo), formed in 1977, has so far helped reunite 116 kidnapped children with their true identity.
Levenson speaks for the located children, and for those still missing. She entrusts the colored glass in Identidad to preserve the memory and look to the future.
KATIDE_150404_16.JPG: Identidad by Silvia Levenson was still there from last time
KATIDE_150404_29.JPG: Silvia Levenson channels her identity as a survivor of the Argentinian Dirty War and her emotional connection to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in order to push the bounds of her skills and produce refined glass work. The 116 glass objects of baby clothes in Identidad help tell the emotional story of hundreds of children that were torn from their parents and illegally adopted during the Argentinean Dirty War, a time of state terrorism between 1976 and 1983. The impressive courage of the Abuelas de Plazo de Mayo (Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo), formed in 1977, has so far helped reunite 116 kidnapped children with their true identity.
Levenson speaks for the located children, and for those still missing. She entrusts the colored glass in Identidad to preserve the memory and look to the future.
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