Chicago-based installation artist Gerda Meyer Bernstein brings her emotionally charged work to the DePaul Art Museum, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave., when “Domestic Surveillance and Other Recent Work” opens June 27 with a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The exhibition will run through Aug. 29.

The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

Bernstein uses non-traditional materials to address thorny social and political issues. Her works in the exhibition explore the difficult question of how individuals should respond to violence, disaster and injustice. “The piece titled ‘Domestic Surveillance’ refers to the U.S. Pentagon’s unauthorized terror and surveillance activities and the need to re-establish habeas corpus,” explains Bernstein.

The German-born artist and Holocaust survivor’s past exhibitions include “Tribunals,” which reflected on the trials of Nazi war criminals, and “Windows,” which sought to break the silence about female genital mutilation.

The DePaul Art Museum is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Friday from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. For more information about “Domestic Surveillance” or other museum programs and exhibitions, please call 773/325-7506 or visit the Web site at http://museums.depaul.edu/

Editors’ Note: Additional J-PEG images from Gerda Bernstein’s exhibition are available upon request.