Read Bracha L. Ettinger’s conversation with Brad Evans, from Los Angeles Review of Books.

“Painting for me is an occasion to transform the obscure traces of a violent and traumatic past. Residues and traces of violence continue to circulate throughout our societies. Art works toward an ethical space where we are allowed to encounter traces of the pain of others through forms that inspire in our heart’s mind feeling and knowledge. It adds an ethical quality to the act of witnessing.”

Image: Bracha L. Ettinger, Eurydice n. 5, 1992-94, oil and photocopic dust on paper mounted on canvas, 47x 27 cm. Courtesy of the artist.