David Ludwig Bloch: Reception-Deception, linocut (1977-1980)
David Ludwig Bloch: Reception-Deception, linocut (1977-1980)
Reception-Deception is part of a series of pieces about the Holocaust, created by painter David Ludwig Bloch in America forty years after his imprisonment in Dachau. He also uses the motif in a painting with the same name. The warning "Never again", which became the theme of his later work, is aimed at future generations.
The new prisoner arrivals are greeted with violin music. The intended calming effect of the welcome music is however nowhere to be seen. The music cannot hide the appearance of the violinist. The stripes on his prisoner clothing seem to have become one with his ribs. Thus, the reception is simultaneously also a deception. In this linocut, Bloch addresses a disturbing experience which he went through in the concentration camp in Dachau. To prevent mass panic and to make sure the new prisoners were received without problems, music was played when new trains arrived.
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