Leiden…
by Ceija Stojka
Artist
Ceija Stojka
(Österrike, 1933 - 2013)
Date2004
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsYttermått: 42,5 × 55 × 2 cm
Pappersmått: 29,5 × 42 cm
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LinePurchase 2023 funded by The Anna-Stina Malmborg and Gunnar Höglund Foundation
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:18
Object NumberMOM/2023/47
About the artworkCeija Stojka began drawing and writing forty
years after her experiences in the Nazi concentration
camps, where as a child she witnessed inhuman cruelty. Her drawings depict the empty
landscapes of the camps, the barbed wire and the
shadows of suffering people. By writing brief
texts directly onto her drawings, such as I cannot
suffer, it is enough to draw, she shows how images
and words became a way of coping with her trauma
and of bearing witness to it. Her art has been crucial
in documenting and giving voice to the lost
history of the Roma people. The decision to start
drawing so many years after the war, ended the
silence that markes the lives of many survivors.
Within the Roma community, this was particularly
significant, as they were often oppressed
even after the war ended.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad ' Ceclia Stojka 20 2 2004' på verso MOM/2023/47:2
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad ' Ceclia Stojka 20 2 2004' på verso MOM/2023/47:2