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The "Mound" Series was exhibited at the two Krasdale Galleries under the auspices of Sigmund Balka, noted curator and collector of Judaic Art during the summer of 2007.
An Historical Chronicle
The Life of the European Jew in the 20th Century.
SHTETL...SHOAH...LAND OF ISRAEL
The show has the SHTETL represented by the historic photographs of Roman Vishniac . The SHOAH represented by the muli-media works of Aaron Morgan and THE LAND OF ISRAEL represented by the paintings of Tamar Hirshl and works from the Sigmund Balka Collection compliments of Hebrew Union College.
Here are two of the reviews:
"Aaron Morgan’s work elaborates the identity of the artist as scribe, witness, conscience, torch bearer--His work records what “living memory” is...We are all of us included and ennobled." --
www.artcriesout.com
"Morgan’s work joins a select group of prominent Jewish artists."--
"The Forwards," English version of the Jewish newspaper
May 4th, 2008 --In honor of Yom HaShoah, the day of Holocaust Rememberance Morgan will exhibited the "Mound" series for one day at The Community Synagogue - 160 Middle Neck Road, Port Washington, NY 11050. He lectured at a brunch about his work, the Holocaust and his inspirations for the series.
May 24th, 2008. Morgan attended the Schreiber High School "Genocide Awareness Day" and lectured on art and the Holocaust.
July-August, 2008. The Islip Museum of Art has selected "Remember Us"" to be included in their exhibit of contemporary digital art.
R ight, is a picture of me at the Polish Embassy in New York.
I was there, Summer 2009, as a guest of the Shalom
Foundation. Their mission is to re-establish a Jewish
presence in Poland; they are doing excellent work.
It seems odd my being there. My parents worked so hard
to get out of Poland.
June 2009
Batya Brutin, well know Israeli curator of Holocaust memorial art, has invited Aaron Morgan to exhibit his painting “The Face of the Holocaust,” a portrait of Ann Frank, in Budapest. The exhibit, which runs through the month of June, marks what would have been Ann Frank’s 80th birthday on June 12th.
Aaron’s participation in this project was supported in part with funds from the Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS) Program through the New York Foundation for the Arts, administered on Long Island by the East End Arts Council.
My Holocaust art has been added to the University of Minnesota’s Holocaust and Genocide web site. I am in the virtual museum with such notable Jewish artists as: Samuel Bak, Judith Liberman and David Friedmann. Mom would have been proud!
December 2010
The curator with ART in Embassies, established by the United States Department of State in 1964 requested this work from the artist. The “ART in Embassies Program” is a global museum that exhibits original works of art by U.S. citizens in the public rooms of approximately 180 American diplomatic residences worldwide. These exhibitions, are created with art loaned from galleries, museums, individual artists, and corporate and private collections, and play an important role in our nation's public diplomacy. They provide international audiences with a sense of the quality, scope, and diversity of American art and culture. Artist who have previously taken part in this undertaking have been: Andy Warhol, Joseph Albers, William de Kooning, Robert Motherwell and Robert Rauschenberg to name just a few. Currently the curator is working on “Voices” for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo," and wants to include works that will provoke discussion and reflection, particularly on issues of social justice and social/moral responsibility. Having seen Morgan’s work on his website, the curator and the newly appointed Ambassador James F. Entwistle asked for Morgan’s “The Face of Silence and Apathy” to reflect on the Holocaust and its implications in today’s world.
"Kaddish for the Forgotten" will be exhibited in the Mizel Museum, (Colorado's Jewish Museum) from February 3 to March 12, 2011. They are having a special exhibit--"Rituals of Life: Through a Jewish Lens" and Aaron was invited to exhibit through the auspices of The American Guild of Judaic Artists.
The Face of
Silence and Apathy
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Exhibit at the Nassau County Holocaust Museum
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Link to see a video of me and my work...
The most recent have been Monash University-Australian Centre for Jewish Civilization, Australia; Tenou’a, the literary journal of Liberal Judaism-- Paris, France;
St. Marks Episcopal Church-Moscow MO; USA
My Judaic and Holocaust art, with permission, has been used in Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish publications as well as Catholic and Episcopal media. It has been reproduced in the United States, Israel, Great Britain, Sweden, Australia, France and Hungary.
