Mapping Memories & Places
In 2012 started the project I called Mapping Memories & Places. A research of the life and the times of my grandfather, Paul Blumenthal (1897-1982). I was especially interested in the impact of politics on his personal life and tried to relate these to my own experiences. Following literally his footsteps, retracing his routes and experiences, mainly through Germany, Indonesia, U.S and the Netherlands. These travels I have documented in drawings, diaries, letters, collages and photographs. A first scetch I brought together in a book on demand
The tree of wisdom
2015 ink and gouache on paper, 40 x 50
The revolution of 1918
Reichskristallnacht 1938
Histroy needs to be stopped
My grandfathers lunch
Afscheid
the eternal battle
The train to the end of the world
Lenins voyage
Lenins voyage
2017 Ink on paper 100 x 70
Wormerveer
2017 ink on paper, 100 x 70
Gember
jewish new year
2017, acquarel and ink on paper
bukittingi
the trains riding through the hall
Inventory Herengracht 111
forest of hope
forest of hope
House of Trotski
forest of hope
inventory of Max and Emmy Adler
2018 charcoal on paper 150 x 200
passing through germany
2018 ink on paper, 40 x 30
German city
2018 mordente, gouache 40 x 30
het gat in amsterdam
jeffrey's dream