Living Memory (paintings)

Living Memory is the title of a series of 9 mural-size paintings on the Holocaust painted by Nabil Kanso in 1980, 1990 and 1993–94.

Extinguishing the Sun, the Moon and the Stars, diptych, oil on canvas, 3.65 X 6 meters (12 X 20 feet), 1993

Works in the series

• Roll-Call at the Black Wall, oil on canvas, 3 X 4.87 meters (10 X 16 feet), 1980
• The Flow of Pain, oil on canvas, 3.65 X 5.50 meters (12 X 18 Feet), 1990
• Extinguishing the Light (1), oil on canvas, 3.65 X 3 meters (12 X 10 feet), 1993–94
• Extinguishing the Light (2), oil on canvas, 3.65 X 3 meters (12 X 10 feet), 1993–94
• The Gasping Flame (1), oil on canvas, 3.65 X 3 meters (12 X 10 feet), 1993–94
• The Gasping Flame (2), oil on canvas, 3.65 X 3 meters (12 X 10 feet), 1993–94
• Cries and Silence (1), oil on canvas, 3.65 X 3 meters (12 X 10 feet), 1993–94
• Cries and Silence, (2), oil on canvas, 3.65 X 3 meters (12 X 10 feet), 1993–94
• Living Memory, oil on canvas, 3.65 X 5.50 meters (12 X 18 feet), 1993–94

See also

• The Floating Shadows (triptych)
• Cluster Paintings

External links

• Living Memory paintings
• Installation view