On the main thoroughfare leading to the Old City, in a square bordered by an ancient church, artist Boguslaw Lusky chose to set up an art installation in memory of the Holocaust. The location is surprising, I had no prior knowledge of its existence, and even after a highly charged first encounter, I hardly found any online information about it whatsoever. I have seen other works by the artist, run-of-the-mill art of good quality, bordering on the commercial, yet nothing could prepare me, or any viewer, for the first glimpse of this brilliant and daring installation set up in the heart of the city. Read more
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