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[nb-NO]Record tools[nb-NO] [nb-NO]Displays[nb-NO]	Arbeit Macht Frei Remove from selection Toevoegen aan selectie [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2011/038 [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Arbeit Macht Frei [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Oil on canvas triptych, framed as one art work, by Maia Valenzuela. Titled 'Arbeit Macht Frei: Work Makes Free', Maia painted the canvas as part of her Higher School Certificate Examinations (HSC) in Visual Arts while at Kincoppal, Rose Bay. The painting is unsigned, but a form attached to the reverse identifies the student number (4405528) and the school number (11009). The work features three Sydney Holocaust survivor's - Jacob Raykin, Olga Horak and Morris Shell, and numerous iconic symbols of the Holocaust such as a tattooed forearm, gas chambers and corpses. Maia was born in 1976. She was inspired by Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List. Maia worked non-stop on the canvas for two weeks, seeking to capture the atmosphere of the camps by using dark colours and striking tones. [nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, holocaust art [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]paintings [nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]oil paint, canvas [nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO] width: 1060.00 mm height: 2330.00 mm [nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Maia Valenzuela

[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2011/038

[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Arbeit Macht Frei

[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Oil on canvas triptych, framed as one art work, by Maia Valenzuela. Titled 'Arbeit Macht Frei: Work Makes Free', Maia painted the canvas as part of her Higher School Certificate Examinations (HSC) in Visual Arts while at Kincoppal, Rose Bay. The painting is unsigned, but a form attached to the reverse identifies the student number (4405528) and the school number (11009). The work features three Sydney Holocaust survivor's - Jacob Raykin, Olga Horak and Morris Shell, and numerous iconic symbols of the Holocaust such as a tattooed forearm, gas chambers and corpses. Maia was born in 1976. She was inspired by Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List. Maia worked non-stop on the canvas for two weeks, seeking to capture the atmosphere of the camps by using dark colours and striking tones.

[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, holocaust art

[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]paintings

[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]oil paint, canvas

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[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Maia Valenzuela

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