Giving The Familiar A New Look

by Sandee Brawarsky

JTS’ ‘Visualizing the Text’ show brings artwork into the building ‘in a way it hasn’t been before.’

In the entrance hallway of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Ben Rubin’s new video installation projects light onto Broadway and into the lobby and adjacent courtyard. Suspended from the high ceiling, the screen carries a series of 5,378 colored images, each inspired by a page of the Talmud.

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Get Lucky: Amulets and Ketubah Art by Judith Joseph

The Jewish Art Salon and the Kraft Center present:

Get Lucky:  Amulets and Ketubah Art by Judith Joseph

Columbia / Barnard Kraft Center
606 West 115 Street, New York, NY 10025

April 18 - May 21, 2013

Opening Reception April 18, 6-8 pm

Panel Discussion at 7 pm: 

Still, Small Voice in a Noisy World: Jewish Heritage and Contemporary Art. 

Panelists: Judith Joseph, Isaac Peterson and Alison Kruvant, artists. Moderated by Buzz Slutzky, artist & program assistant at the Tisch Gallery at the JCC Manhattan.

More info on the discussion here.

Directions: #1 Train to 116 St, Buses M4, M5, M104 to 116 St. M60 Bus from 125 St Metro-North

RSVP at jewishartsalon@gmail.com

The Road to Freedom Wine Glass by Dovid Orlansky

In the artist's own words:

"The four cups of wine we drink at the seder are representative of the levels of freedom provided for us during the exodus. These glasses serve as an aesthetic reminder of our road to freedom. 

The deep groove cut unevenly into and around the glass is reminiscent of the ups and downs of the winding path from slavery to exodus. 

Siona Benjamin's Hindu and Muslim biblical motifs

In the space of a single painting, Siona Benjamin juxtaposes feminism, Indian mythology and Jewish imagery.

On a three-foot canvas, she’ll paint a portrait of a blue-skinned figure, usually a character from the Bible, with nods to Persian miniatures, Talmudic fables and Vishnu gods. Often there's a message in Arabic.

“I want people to realize there can be a universal message in Jewish art,” Benjamin told JTA. “I didn’t want to just be a Jewish artist, explaining my culture in my paintings, because it’s deeper than that. I’m a Jewish woman of color and a feminist with Islamic and Hindu influences, and they are all a part of me.”

Continue reading article by Chavie Lieber here.

dé·noue·ment by Doni Silver Simons

Dé·noue·ment (n.), a solo exhibit,  features two seminal bodies of work by artist Doni Silver Simons. Featured in the main gallery are three totemic works based on the classic fairytale Rumpelstiltskin. Titled Homage to a Fairy Tale, this work parallels the lyrical facets of storytelling with the residue produced by Silver Simons' durational performances. 

Shulamit Gallery, 17 North Venice Boulevard, Venice, California 90291

Opening Event: Thursday, March 21, 6-9pm

March 19 - May 23, 2013.

dé·noue·ment (n.) the outcome of a sequence of events - Origin: Old French, meaning untying

Allen Ginsberg in Moran Haynal's Haggadah

Haynal - Ginsberg

What has the "Howl" of Allen Ginsberg to do with the Haggadah? Much more than you would think. In Moran Haynal's opinion, the Haggadah is not just an old book with an old story; it adresses each generations. Haynal's goal was to update the illustrations, so that it is not a book we read out of duty, but because it has a message for today´s people.

The Psalm: "Blessed art Thou....Rejoicing in the upbuilding of Thy city, and in happiness in Thy service...." - with Allen Ginsberg.

The Janusz Korczak Academy in Munich, Germany, will feature the exhibition of Haynal's Passover Haggadah, designed, illustrated and calligraphed on 105 pages. 

Freedom Imagined, Freedom Lived: An Artistic Review of the Passover Promise

Maarten van der Heijden

Artists, musicians and poets from around the world explore their personal vision of freedom in a new Museum of Imajewnation exhibit at the JCC Arts and Education Building, 2 Millstone Campus Drive in Creve Coeur in St. Louis, MO.

The exhibit features works in paint, digital art, sculpture, illustration, glass and metal of artists from Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Oregon, as well as Holland, Germany, Israel, and the United Kingdom. Works from noted artists including Jewish Art Salon artists Tobi Kahn, Miriam Stern, and Maarten van der Heijden will be featured.

Till March 28, 2013. Hours: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m and 6:00-7:30 p.m. Mon - Fri; 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Sunday. Closed March 26-27. Admission is free.