Sieg Maandag

Sieg Maandag (1937-2013) is seven years old when he is released from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. His father was killed there, his mother survived camp Beendorf and was reunited with him. A photo of Sieg walking along a row of bodies in the liberated Bergen-Belsen on May 9, 1945, shocked the world when it appeared in Life magazine. Sieg comes from a family of diamonds. After the war he lived a rich life. He learns the craft of diamond, travels the world, falls in love, sings in nightclubs, paints hundreds of paintings and makes ceramics. He also becomes a father and joins an ashram, a Hindu community. This book focuses on the paintings and ceramics of Sieg Monday. The work cannot be seen apart from the trauma of Bergen-Belsen. His art is disturbing and at the same time wholesome. Like all good art, the paintings and ceramics also convince the viewer who is not familiar with the maker's background. In the book, Sieg speaks extensively on Monday because he has often commented on his work. That makes this monograph a unique document. Sieg Maandag (1937-2013) is zeven jaar oud als hij wordt bevrijd uit het concentratiekamp Bergen-Belsen. Zijn vader werd daar vermoord, zijn moe