Mirka Mora: From Holocaust survivor to the matriarch of Melbourne s art scene, an incredible life on display in exhibition
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MarMarch 2021 at 8:04pm
Mirka Mora is known for her bright, whimsical works (pictured here, Angels Garden Party 2014) but her life and work was not without darkness.
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Cherubs, angels, dewy wide-eyed faces; birds, snakes, and fantastical animal-human hybrids all rendered in warm colours and bold lines. Love, light, joy. These are the hallmarks of Australian artist Mirka Mora.
But underneath that beauty lies Mora s painful personal story, and a childhood that came to an abrupt end in 1942, when the French-born Jewish 14-year-old, her mother and her two sisters were sent to the Pithiviers internment camp, a temporary location before deportation to Nazi death camps.