Mindy Weisel

Mindy Weisel’s mother survived Auschwitz at the age of 23. Weisel was among the first children born in Bergen Belsen after the war. Growing up, the emphasis in her home was on the “survival of beauty”. The paintings in this exhibition are from her “Survival of Beauty” series (1978 – 2019). Over the years, her abstract expressionistic work began to incorporate more color and light. Weisel starts each work by writing directly on the canvas or paper. After a while, words lose their meaning as layers of paint take over. In some works, the words remain visible. Weisel also works in glass, a further expression of her lifelong search for light. Mindyweisel.com




1985 60x 40”  Watercolor and gouache on handmade paper Even So He Kissed Her Goodbye

Even so he kissed her goodbye is from the Black Gifts series of paintings I had done in 1985. It's in my private collection. The series reflects my feelings that I was born into a great darkness,  yet life was, and is,  a great gift. I have layers and layers of writing and color in this work. The goal was to have as much color and light as possible survive the working process itself. I start each painting with writing all over the paper or canvas and I write untill words lose their meaning. Then the process of mark making begins and the painting takes on a life of its own. I do not work with any pre-conceived idea - it all taps into a deeper emotional life I am not sure I am even aware of.