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"Between the Black and the White," painted in 1990.

cording to Mrs. Nelson, have been
especially difficult to view for
survivors and their families.
In 'The Family," an eerie 1974
oil painting, those who went
"nameless and faceless" are re-
membered as endless lines of
Jews walk to a crematory. And,
in "Smoke," the plumes of smoke
are transformed into rows and
rows of tombstones steadily as-
cending into a darkened sky.
"He's working his way through
agony and depression," Mrs. Nel-
son said. "Nothing is hidden or
put away. He seems to be saying
that all survivors must tell their
stories."
In many ways, the retrospec-
tive is a story told by the artist as
survivor.
When he was 6 years old, Mr.
Bak and his family were sent to
the Vilna Ghetto. During an at-
tack on a synagogue during Yom
Kippur services, many of his fam-
ily members were killed. Later,
Mr. Bak was hidden in a

monastery and to this day, the
themes of hiding and being se-
questered infuse his work. Only
he and his mother survived
through the Displaced Persons
camps.
Ironically, Bak's "Nuremberg
Elegie" was created to be hung in
the Nuremberg Gallery, in the
city where nearly all Jews were
killed. The portrayal of the con-
templative Jewish man ponder-
ing his faith in a crumbling moral
universe, however, was not ac-
cepted by the gallery.❑

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"Samuel Bak: A Retrospec-
tive Journey, 1946-1994," will
be at the Janice Charach Ep-
stein Museum Gallery in the
Jewish Community Center
through Jan. 12. The Center is
located at 6600 W. Maple Road.
Gallery Hours: M-W, 11 a.m. to
6 p.m.; Th. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.;
Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For in-
formation, call (810) 661-7641.

Paint Creek Benefit
Exhibit Raises Funds

The Paint Creek Center for the
Arts (PCCA) will sponsor a fund-
raising exhibition titled "Chain-
letters" in its First Floor Gallery
through Dec. 30.
Ninety well-known area artists
collaborated on the 45 works on
display. These pieces will be sold
at silent auction to benefit the
Paint Creek Center, Detroit
Artists Market Scholarship
Fund, Detroit Focus Gallery,
Buckham Fine Arts Project and
Rochester Symphony Young
Artists Scholarship Fund.
All of the collaborative works
are on sale to the general pub-
lic by silent auction. Written bids
may be made throughout the ex-
hibition in the PCCA's First Floor
Gallery. Winning bids will be de-
termined at the "Chainletters"
closing reception Dec. 30 from
5:30-8 p.m.
Gallery hours are Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;

Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admis-
sion is free.
The Paint Creek Center is lo-
cated at-407 Pine Street, two
blocks west of Main Street in
downtown Rochester. For infor-
mation, call (810) 651-4110.

Miniatures
On Display

Danielle Peleg Gallery, 4301 Or-
chard Lake Road, Suite 103,
Crosswinds Mall, West Bloom-
field, will present through De-
cember Art Noueau Miniatures
by Miriam Dauber, comprising
original pen and ink and acrylic
works on paper.
The Danielle Peleg Gallery is
open Monday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday,
noon to 5 p.m.

(810) 649-4399

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