CBC News | 11Jun2010 | CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/06/11/mb-ukrainian-holocaust-painting-manitoba.html
Ukrainian holocaust painting
unveiled
A painting marking the Ukrainian holocaust was unveiled Friday as a
permanent installation at the Manitoba legislature.
The painting, by Ukrainian-Canadian artist, Orysia Sinitowich-Gorski,
"depicts past tragedy but also offers hope that such inhumanity will
never be repeated," said Premier Greg Selinger, who was joined by local
survivors of the Holodomor during the unveiling.
It is estimated that as many as eight million people died during the
famine and genocide of 1932-33, known as Holodomor, which means death
by starvation.
'Her choice of a young child as the central figure in the painting
symbolizes the vulnerability of the human condition and the promise of
a better future.'-Premier Greg Selinger
An acrylic on canvas work, titled Holodomor-Genocide No. 2, the
painting was originally purchased by Manitoba for the provincial art
collection in 2008 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
Holodomor.
"Ms. Sinitowich-Gorski has given us a stirring reminder of why we must
always learn from the past," said Selinger.
"Her choice of a young child as the central figure in the painting
symbolizes the vulnerability of the human condition and the promise of
a better future."
Sinitowich-Gorski is a third generation Ukrainian-Canadian who studied
with Winnipeg artists and teachers including Nikola Bjeljac and the
late Taras Korol.
Winnipeg is home to a large Ukrainian community, some of whom are
Holodomor survivors who attended Friday's ceremony.