Eight Artists in an Archive

I was researching different exhibitions involving archiving, I found this particular one interesting. The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, CA had an exhibition in 2000 called To the Rescue: Eight Artists in an Archive, in which eight different artists made artwork inspired by and in response to archived photographs of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which is an organization that helped Palestinian Jews during WWI. The majority of the photos are of saved indiviuals, and of the group's relief efforts. I thought this exhibition was cool because it revealed all the efforts of the JDC to the public, and it also displayed the oppression the Jewish community has lived through. Its really interesting how so many artists now are using archival documents to make their own art, and to rethink history. I couldn't find any photos of the exhibition except one really small one, but the article explains it pretty well.
the website is below:
http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_ccevents&scope=exbt&task=detail&oid=36


-caitlyn