Anne Frank inspires emotional artwork on display in Leamington

READING Anne Frank’s diary and visiting the house in which she and her family hid for two years has inspired an artist to create a collection of works that explore the horrors of the Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jan 2013, 08:00 BST

Gallery 150 in Leamington is currently showcasing the photographs and paintings of Iris Berger, whose exhibition, Empathy and Reflection; Anne Frank, takes a look at the teenager’s inner life, thoughts, feelings and the circumstances surrounding the Holocaust.

Iris said: “My paintings constitute a form of ‘narrative painting’ and the works expressionistically represent the temporal experiences of human consciousness, through memory, anticipation, despair, fear and hope.

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“The paintings invite us to imagine and to empathize with Anne Frank’s feelings - her sense of fear, her desperation, being trapped yet dreaming, hoping, longing for her own and her family’s freedom.”

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Iris’s artworks that are on show at the gallery are now part of the Anne Frank archive and will also be included in an educational package to be used in schools in Israel.

Exhibiting alongside Iris is Leamington photographer Josh King, who presents a photographic study of homeless people in Leamington. Proceeds from the sale of his prints and donations made at the gallery will go to the Salvation Army’s Way Ahead project in the town.

Both shows are on at the gallery in Livery Street until February 10. Opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm and Sundays from 11am to 4pm.

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