Elin o'hara Slavick
#Photographe
- Exposition
Highlights 2013
As Cohen Gallery celebrates its first year with our new name, our new location (next door) and a new program focus, we would like to thank all of our supporters and, most importantly, our artists. It's through them that we've been able to present exciting new work along with challenging work from the recent past.
It's our pleasure, and an honor to present highlights from our 2013 exhibits, along with a few new surprises from our artists. Works featured include the following artists:
... - Exposition
Elin O'Hara Slavick present « After Hiroshima » at the Daylight Project Space
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. bomber Enola Gay released an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, killing 70,000 people instantly (with another 70,000 dying by year’s end from their injuries). While many are aware of this catastrophic event that ushered in the Atomic Age, the aftermath of the bombing is less well documented, and the United States in particular has paid little attention to preserving a visual record.
American artist elin o’Hara slavick (born 1965) was raised in Portland, Maine by activist parents who were engaged in the anti-war and anti-nuclear power movements.
Her first memory of Hiroshima is attending a Hiroshima Day memorial service in Portland’s main square on August 6 in the 1970s during which she read a firsthand account of the atomic bombing by a woman who survived it ...
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