"To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive"
2000-10-21 until 2000-12-03
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Houston, TX, USA

This exhibition explores the work of eight painters, photographers, installation artists, sculptors, and filmmakers who were asked to create works of art inspired by the archives of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). The JDC has organized and executed rescue missions and major relief programs for the Jewish community over the past century. The artists were asked to create a work of art inspired by their experience and response to the archives.

The artists included are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alan Berliner, Wendy Ewald, Leon Golub, Pepon Osorio, Gilles Peress, Fred Wilson, and Terry Winters. To The Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive was organized by Lookout for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and curated by Marvin Heiferman and Carole Kismaric. The exhibition is accompanied by a 96-page illustrated catalogue.

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