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Remembering Phillip Lasansky his decades of dedication to art in the corridor
The Iowa City Press Citizen ran a poignant and much appreciated profile of Phillip Lasansky on February 17, 2020.
Family makes gift in memory of famed UI printmaker Mauricio Lasansky
A gift from the family of internationally renowned artist Mauricio Lasansky honors his legacy as a groundbreaking printmaker and distinguished professor who helped shape the University of Iowa’s pioneering contributions to the world of arts education.
Exhibit putting Lasansky print legacy on display
Mauricio Lasansky had a gift for etching intricate and beautiful designs, and supporters of the artist's work hope an exhibit opening this week will leave impressions on the minds a new generation.
The horror, the horror
The small bronze plaque outside the UI Museum of Art's latest exhibition reads: "Parents may wish to preview the exhibition before viewing it with their children."
Probably a good idea.
Just the title, The Nazi Drawings, will give a thoughtful viewer pause. And a casual glance inside the gallery will leave even the most ambivalent of minds singed with artist Mauricio Lasansky's message: Nazism is evil, and Lasansky was (and still is) p-i-s-s-e-d.
I.C. Filmmaker wins Emmy
IOWA CITY — An Iowa City filmmaker recently won a Mid-America Emmy Award from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences for a documentary chronicling an artist's depiction of the Holocaust.
Day of Remembrance
C.R. Museum of Art offers rare look at Lasansky's 'Nazi Drawings' in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day
by John Kenyon, The Gazette
The horrors depicted in Mauricio Lasansky's The Nazi Drawings are specific, but the message they convey is both universal and topical.
Lasansky, a retired University of Iowa printmaker, is best known for the prints, a collection of 30 individual pieces and one triptych that depict the atrocities carried out in Nazi Germany.
Award-winning The Nazi Drawings Documentary documentary to air on Iowa Public Television
Iowa Public Television will air Iowa City independent filmmaker Lane Wyrick's award-winning film The Nazi Drawings Documentary on Sunday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. The video, completed in 1999, explores Mauricio Lasansky's powerful graphic series depicting the horrors of Nazi atrocities.