Vadim Sidur: Den Tod überleben

In the organizer's words:

Texts by and about Vadim Sidur will be read.

Introduction: Renata von Maydell
Reading: Antonia Braun and Bernhard Hanuschik

The threat of man by man preoccupied the Russian-Ukrainian-Jewish sculptor Vadim Sidur (1924-1986) throughout his life. He grew up in Dnepropetrovsk, now known as Dnipro. His childhood was marked by the Holodomor, his youth by the Second World War. His home town was occupied, Jewish relatives were shot and he himself became a soldier. At the age of 19, a German sniper's bullet pierced his jaw and left him an invalid. In his work, he sought a universal expression for his experiences of war and violence, but also of life and love.