After a hiatus, we have a new Have Your Say personal essay on the web site.
This one is by the British artist Beverley-Jane Stewart, who draws inspiration from the Jewish heritage of Romania, where she traces her roots.
A collection of her paintings, etchings, and drawings was shown in October at the George Apostu Art Museum in Bacău, Romania as an exhibit titled Romanian Heritage – A Journey in Time, curated by Cleopatra Lorintiu and Vera Pilpoul.
“Stewart weaves a temporal collage-like narrative within her non-linear painterly world,” Lorintiu said at the opening. “[…] In her most personal pieces, past and present coexist: the colourless, fading past sits alongside the vibrantly colourful present, reflecting Stewart’s meditations on time, memory, and legacy.”
In her personal essay, Stewart writes about her relationship with Jewish Romania, past and present, and discusses some of the individual works of art in the exhibit.
Click her to read her Have Your Say personal essay (and see pictures)