Shalom Sechvi

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Shalom Sechvi (birth name Friedrich Kokotek ; born May 25, 1928 in Sosnowiec , Poland , † March 13, 2013 in Rishon LeZion ) was an Israeli painter and Holocaust survivor.

Life

Shalom Sechvi was born in Sosnowiec, Poland, to the artist Abraham Kokotek and his wife Haya Kokotek. He spent his childhood in the Holocaust camps . He survived camps in Grünberg (Silesia) and Kittlitzstreben , a subcamp of Groß-Rosen . He then traveled illegally to Palestine on the immigrant ship Latrun and began a new life in Kibbutz Afikim . In Palestine it took its present name. He joined the Hagana , was involved in the fighting in the Jordan Valley and later accompanied the supply convoys to Jerusalem and the besieged Kfar Etzion . When the last convoy to Etzion was attacked at Nebi-Daniel, it was wounded and came to Jerusalem.

Shalom Sechvi lived and worked in Nes Ziona . In his pictures he dealt a lot with the Holocaust. Many of the works were autobiographical. Another focus was the artistic examination of the Hebrew script . His later work is influenced by the encounter with his painter colleague Gerhard Jürgen Blum-Kwiatkowski , who also comes from Poland.

His autobiography My Heart Beats Again was premiered in November 2011 at the Solingen Theater, Nes Ziona's twin town. The artist collective ARTCORE under the patronage of Günter Lamprecht designed the live radio play with projections of Sechvis autobiographical images.

Sechvi was married to Yaffa Friedman. He had four children in total. His eldest son Avi is a well-known set designer in Israel.

Exhibitions

  • 1976: Ipanema Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, (solo exhibition)
  • 1982: House of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, (solo exhibition)
  • 1989: Chan, Jerusalem, Israel, (solo exhibition)
  • 1990: Theater and Konzerthaus, Solingen, Germany, collages (solo exhibition)
  • 1994: Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld, Germany, collages - collagrafs - writings (solo exhibition)
  • 2000: Center for Jewish Culture, Krakow, Poland, Alef (solo exhibition)
  • 2003: Gauting Town Hall, Gauting near Munich, Germany, burial of a biography (solo exhibition)
  • 2003: Foundation Museum Modern Art Hünfeld - Jürgen Blum Collection, Hünfeld, Germany, one year. 30 positions - 30 rooms (group exhibition)
  • 2003: Altana Gallery of the Technical University, Dresden, Germany, Europa Konkret (group exhibition)
  • 2007: BWA Lublin, Lublin, Poland, Words - Forms– Meditations (group exhibition)
  • 2007: Hipp Halle, Gmunden, Austria, Die Intelligible Nonviolent Art (group exhibition)
  • 2011: Theater and Konzerthaus, Solingen, Germany, collages (solo exhibition)

Quotes

“I have always painted for as long as I can remember. I only took painting lessons as an adult because I hadn't had the opportunity to do so before because of the Holocaust. "

- Shalom Sechvi

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ My Heart Beats Again , Tel Aviv 1978, p.12
personal data
SURNAME Sechvi, Shalom
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli painter and Holocaust survivor
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Sosnowiec , Poland
DATE OF DEATH 13th March 2013
Place of death Rishon LeZion