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"(post)JEWISH... Shtetl Opatów Through the Eyes of Mayer Kirshenblatt"

"(post)JEWISH... Shtetl Opatów Through the Eyes of Mayer Kirshenblatt" is a publication accompanying the titular temporary exhibition at POLIN Museum. 

Richly illustrated with Mayer Kirshenblatt's paintings and historical photographs of Opatów, the volume is a collection of essays penned by acclaimed experts examining Mayer's art and the shtetl of Opatów from the perspective of history, art history, architecture, anthropology, and local memory. Edited by Justyna Koszarska-Szulc, Natalia Romik, and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. Among the contributors to the volume are Roma Sendyka, Antony Polonsky, Maria Borzęcka, and Jeffrey Shandler.

The catalog is available in both Polish and English language versions.