WHAT

REMAINS

OF THE DAY—

MEMORIES OF

WORLD WAR II

GESCHE WÜRFEL

What Remains of the Day is an exhibition highlighting the work of

contemporary artist Gesche Würfel which explores the history and

memory of World War II through landscape photography and

portraiture. Uniquely, this exhibition features oral histories recorded

by the artist of individuals who survived the Holocaust and World

War II. According to the artist, "I was born and raised in Germany, so

I have a personal relationship to the aftermath of WWII and my

familfamily’s involvement in the war. I now live in the U.S., which enables

me to view my home country through a dierent lens. With this

exhibition, I aim to create a bridge between the past and the

present. The interplay of words from the survivors coupled with their

portraits and images of historical sites are important for my project

because it oers multiple interwoven perspectives."

GESCHE WÜRFEL

WHAT

REMAINS

OF THE DAY—

MEMORIES OF

WORLD WAR II

INSTALLATION VIEWS

INSTALLATION VIEWS

INSTALLATION VIEWS

POTENTIAL PROGRAMMING

An artist/curator talk between Gesche

Würfel and Director and Chief Curator

Amy Bowman-McElhone at the opening

reception for What Remains of the Day -

Memories of World War II.

Gesche Würfel speaks remotely through a

video chat with the Pensacola Jewish

Federation, a resource and contact point

for Jews in the Pensacola, Florida area.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Gesche Würfel is a visual artist and Teaching Assistant Professor based in Chapel

Hill, NC (USA). She received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), an MA in Photography and Urban Cultures from

Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), and a diploma in Spatial Planning from the

Technical University Dortmund (Germany).

Her Her work has been exhibited, published, and awarded internationally. Exhibition

venues include the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY (USA ); Contemporary

Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC (USA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT), MA, (USA); Tate Modern (UK); Goldsmiths, University of London (UK);

Cornerhouse Manchester (UK); Kokerei Zollverein (Germany). She is currently

exhibiting her work in a solo exhibition at the Pensacola Museum of Art, FL (USA).

WWürfel is the author of Basement Sanctuaries (Schilt Publishing 2014). She is a

recipient of grants from the Pufn Foundation, the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and others. Würfel was

named as the Juror’s Pick for the LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2016, is a

nalist in the 2017 and 2018 Lange-Taylor Award, and a Top 50 Critical Mass 2017

winner. Collecting institutions are the MIT Museum, MA (USA) and the Portland

Museum of Art, OR (USA).

Image credit: Rachel Papo, 2016