The Bystander's Trauma by gabriela hirt  Image: This piece, painted after finding out that a family member was an agent in the Nazi regime, sparked her “The Indelible Mark” collection in which the German-Canadian artist investigates the legacy she inherited growing up in the wake of the Holocaust, as well as belonging and exclusion and the relationship between German guilt and de-colonial healing in her adopted home in Canada.
This piece, painted after finding out that a family member was an agent in the Nazi regime, sparked her “The Indelible Mark” collection in which the German-Canadian artist investigates the legacy she inherited growing up in the wake of the Holocaust, as well as belonging and exclusion and the relationship between German guilt and de-colonial healing in her adopted home in Canada.
  • Subject Matter: Figurative abstraction
  • Created: September 2020