OCTOBER 22, 2021 - NOVEMBER 6, 2022
BORIS LURIE: Nothing To Do But To Try
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York
Debuting in October 2021 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try is a first of its kind exhibition on the 20th-century artist and Holocaust survivor. Centered around his earliest bodies of work, chiefly the so-called War Series, as well as never-before-exhibited objects and ephemera from Lurie's personal archive, the exhibition presents a portrait of an artist reckoning with devastating trauma, haunting memories, and an elusive, lifelong quest for freedom. In drawing together artistic practice and historical chronicle, Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try is fertile new territory for the Museum of Jewish Heritage, offering a survivor's searing visual testimony within a significant art historical context.