Art in Focus: Mordecai Ardon
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York 10128 (walking directions in Google Maps, opens in a new tab)
Through Aug 2, 2027
Open Mon 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sun 11am-6pm
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Coverage
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Exhibition Description
The Israeli artist Mordecai Ardon's (1896–1992) final triptych, Hiroshima – Il fut soir, il fut matin (1988), is the latest in a series of Art in Focus installations in the museum's collection galleries. Ardon rendered Hiroshima as a bustling metropolis before the nuclear bomb (Nocturn), during the exact moment of destruction in 1945 (8h15 du matin), and in its aftermath (L'Ombre – requiem final). Grappling with the devastating magnitude of the bombing at Hiroshima, the work embodies the artist's reflections on trauma during the last years of his life.
This focused installation is located on Floor 3 within Identity, Culture, and Continuity: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum.
Source: Jewish Museum