Holocaust #4 NO.86 Ricky A visual vocabulary derived from

A visual vocabulary derived from object and image forms a language ranging from the vernacular to the political to the poetic

particularly those likely to face discrimination

Amidst creating works he asks his subjects to describe what is most important to them and then includes fragments of their comments beneath their likeness

the Saguaro in [the] dieback stage reaffirms its quiet sense of dignity and strength while at the same time projecting the perception that it echoes the pain

bird’s nest

Holocaust #4 NO.86 Ricky A visual vocabulary derived fromFrom the Artist As an artist engaged with painfully difficult topics, my journey began in childhood with the daily reality of The Holocaust in my immigrant community. Art gave me a positive way to give form and expression to the rage, grief and horror within and around me. This portfolio of ten prints, created at Brandywine, constitute but a small part of my thirteen years of work on The Holocaust. Working at Brandywine, especially with Allan Edmunds,