Documenting History Through Art: The Work of David Labkovski
February 20, 2020
Kwan Fong Gallery, California Lutheran University,
Thousand Oaks
Mar. 5 - Apr. 11, 2020
Never before seen artwork sheds light on little known events of the Holocaust.
The David Labkovski Project combats lack of Holocaust education through
traveling exhibit, virtual reality and educational lectures
Art Exhibit “ Documenting History through Art “ the life and art of David
Labkovski (1906-1991) and Virtual Reality Experience : Stepping into the Past -
Leaping into the future
A narrative artist, David Labkovski (1906-1991) examined his experiences of World War II, the
Holocaust and their aftermath in autobiographical drawings and paintings.
Grounded in memory, his work is visual diary in oil, gouache, charcoal and pen drawings,
offering glimpses of the thriving Jewish community in Vilnius (or Vilna), Lithuania, of what he
endured in a Soviet forced-labor camp, of the looting and destruction of Vilnius, and of his
search for peace and renewal.
Thousand Oaks
Mar. 5 - Apr. 11, 2020
Never before seen artwork sheds light on little known events of the Holocaust.
The David Labkovski Project combats lack of Holocaust education through
traveling exhibit, virtual reality and educational lectures
Art Exhibit “ Documenting History through Art “ the life and art of David
Labkovski (1906-1991) and Virtual Reality Experience : Stepping into the Past -
Leaping into the future
A narrative artist, David Labkovski (1906-1991) examined his experiences of World War II, the
Holocaust and their aftermath in autobiographical drawings and paintings.
Grounded in memory, his work is visual diary in oil, gouache, charcoal and pen drawings,
offering glimpses of the thriving Jewish community in Vilnius (or Vilna), Lithuania, of what he
endured in a Soviet forced-labor camp, of the looting and destruction of Vilnius, and of his
search for peace and renewal.
