• A new exhibit of dreamlike family portraits recall bygone Jewish life, tinged with trauma

  • 2024/09/24
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A new exhibit of dreamlike family portraits recall bygone Jewish life, tinged with trauma

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  • Arnie Lipsey has spent decades working in animation. But on the side, years ago, he began painting on canvas, using archival family photos for inspiration. He began colourizing and adapting them, eventually reinterpreting them entirely through a modern lens. That often resulted in jarring, traumatic scenes quietly unfolding behind his smiling family members: spiralling tornados, fiery trains, even the barbed-wire fences of a concentration camp.

    The result is an unsettling, engrossing new series of 30 paintings in a new series on display at the Museum of Jewish Montreal until December 2024. The Past Is Before You blends fond memories and childlike innocence with a traumatic family story of escape from Nazi Europe. Lipsey joins The CJN's arts podcast, Culturally Jewish, to explain his process and share some of the real-life history behind the art.

    Credits

    • Hosts: Ilana Zackon and David Sklar
    • Producer: Michael Fraiman
    • Music: Sarah Segal-Lazar

    Support The CJN

    • Subscribe to The CJN newsletter
    • Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt)
    • Subscribe to Culturally Jewish (Not sure how? Click here)
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Arnie Lipsey has spent decades working in animation. But on the side, years ago, he began painting on canvas, using archival family photos for inspiration. He began colourizing and adapting them, eventually reinterpreting them entirely through a modern lens. That often resulted in jarring, traumatic scenes quietly unfolding behind his smiling family members: spiralling tornados, fiery trains, even the barbed-wire fences of a concentration camp.

The result is an unsettling, engrossing new series of 30 paintings in a new series on display at the Museum of Jewish Montreal until December 2024. The Past Is Before You blends fond memories and childlike innocence with a traumatic family story of escape from Nazi Europe. Lipsey joins The CJN's arts podcast, Culturally Jewish, to explain his process and share some of the real-life history behind the art.

Credits

  • Hosts: Ilana Zackon and David Sklar
  • Producer: Michael Fraiman
  • Music: Sarah Segal-Lazar

Support The CJN

  • Subscribe to The CJN newsletter
  • Donate to The CJN (+ get a charitable tax receipt)
  • Subscribe to Culturally Jewish (Not sure how? Click here)

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