Ukraine Series by Johanna Diehl, Yuri Andrukhovych and Bernhard Maaz
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A beautiful volume of Johanna Diehl's stunning photographs of abused, obliterated, and desecrated synagogues in Ukraine, which formed a major exhibition in Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, in 2015-16
Ukraine Series by Johanna Diehl shows sensitive, yet unsparing photographs of former synagogues in the territory of what is now Ukraine. Partially destroyed during the German occupation, the buildings were completely repurposed during the Soviet era: as auto repair shops, vinegar factories, clinics, cinemas, sewing workshops, gymnasiums, or KGB prisons. The structures plainly spell out the inconsiderate demonstrations of power exercised by one ideology or another over the synagogue as a religious, cultural space.
Sometimes, a bricked-up Torah niche, or a historical ceiling mural peeping out from beneath a crumbling coat of paint hint at the richly religious life that blossomed in these spaces for centuries. The photographs, taken with a large-format camera, are enriched by very personal literary texts by Juri Andruchovytch, Ukraine's most renowned author today. Since childhood, he has been familiar with many of the sites Diehl visited.
160 pp. hardcover
23.5 x 1.5 x 24.7 cm
Published February 2016 by Sieveking Verlag















