Kadosh opening March 22

Tobi Kahn

The opening night of the art exhibit Kadosh at Ramath Orah in New York was a success.  Curators Tobi Kahn and Ellen Singer put together an intriguing selection of art works.


All enjoyed the opening comments by Tobi Kahn and Rabbi Berman.

Yona Verwer, David Friedman, Richard McBee

Participating artists: David Friedman, Ahuva Mantell, Richard McBee, Rochelle Rubinstein, and Yona Verwer.

For photos see here and here

Kadosh - Art Exhibit curated by Tobi Kahn & Ellen Singer

Opening Thursday March 22nd, 7PM
Opening remarks by Rabbi Saul Berman and Tobi Kahn.

Participating Artists: David Friedman, Ahuva Mantell, Richard McBee, Rochelle Rubinstein, Yona Verwer.

March 20 - 26, 2012. 

Ramath Orah:

550 West 110th Street, between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave, NY NY 10025

Trains: # 1 to 110th Street. Exit near intersection of W 110TH ST and Broadway. Walk east 2 minutes. Bus: # 104 to Broadway.

International Jewish Art Salon Session at Skirball Center

Monday March 12, 2012, 7:30 - 9PM
 

Skirball Center of Adult Jewish Learning.

1 East 65th Street  New York, NY 10065. (212) 507-9580.

The Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El, NYC, in collaboration with the Jewish Art Salon is pleased to host an International Artists Session with Jacqueline Nicholls (Great Britain) and Ken Goldman (Israel). Moderated by Tobi Kahn.

7:30 - 8:30PM The artists will show and discuss their work and answer questions. Session starts at 7:30 sharp, March 12th.

8:30 - 9:00PM Meet & greet.

RSVP required by March 7! jewishartsalon@gmail.com

Tobi Kahn's "Aligned"

Tobi Kahn is a painter and sculptor whose work has been shown in over 40 solo exhibitions and over 60 museum and group shows since he was selected as one of nine artists to be included in the 1985 Guggenheim Museum exhibition, New Horizons in American Art. Works by Kahn are in major museum, corporate, and private collections.

A museum exhibition of over a decade of his work, Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses, curated by Peter Selz, traveled to eight museums from 1997 through 1999, including the Weatherspoon Art Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Dore Ashton, Michael Brenson, and Peter Selz contributed the essays for the catalogue of Metamorphoses (University of Washington Press). Selz wrote: "His paintings and his sculptures, executed with consummate craftsmanship, are animated by a yearning for the transcendent...at a time when the concept of beauty has become anathematized in critical discourse and the perception of the spiritual remains marginalized in the discussions of the art world."

Continue reading here: http://www.artgallery.umd.edu/artist/tobi-kahn

"Ushpizin" Art Project at the JTS, NYC

JTS artist-in-residence, Tobi Kahn, has initiated a 5-year art project for its sukkah.
Each year a number of artists will be invited to paint a plexi-glass plaque in honor of one of the female ushpizin (Aramaic for "guests).

The JTS Adele Ginzberg Women's League Sukkah features the works of 7 artists: Aryeh Davidson, Gregory Gilbert, and Jewish Art Salon members Rachel Kanter, Richard Mcbee, Arlene Sokolow, Debbie Ugoretz and Yona Verwer.

"Embodied Light" by Richard McBee

The Jewish Art Salon's exhibit is mentioned in the next to last paragraph.

EMBODIED LIGHT: 9-11 IN 2011: AN INSTALLATION BY TOBI KAHN

 Tragedies do not function to teach us well-ordered lessons.  Rather they demand that we turn inward so that we may absorb their impact and, over time, somehow deal with the horror of a violently wounded world.

That is what Tobi Kahn's installation "Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011" accomplishes.  He has created a meditative space, inviting us to spend some quiet time in the gallery, absorbing the spare wall texts by noted author Nessa Rapoport and contemplate his intriguing installation.  In return we will return to the towers, their tragic end, and gain a complex perspective on what is a defining event of our time.

Continue article here:

http://www.jewishpress.com/printArticle.cfm?contentid=49727

Tobi Kahn's "Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011

“Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011”. An installation by Tobi Kahn

Ernest Rubenstein Gallery
197 East Broadway between Jefferson and Clinton Streets
New York, NY 10002

Dates of exhibit: September 9–November 23, 2011 

JAS Exhibit "9-11"

The Educational Alliance in New York will feature the Jewish Art Salon's 9-11 Window Installation at the Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, in concert with Tobi Kahn’s exhibit Embodied Light, 9-11 in 2011.


Exhibit dates:  September 14 – November 23, 2011
Hours: Best viewed in daylight.
Location: Ernest Rubenstein Gallery Windows
Jefferson Street near East Broadway, New York, NY 10002. F- train to East Broadway; MTA buses: M9, M15, M22

Jewish Art Salon members have created “memory blocks”, with drawings, paintings or inscriptions that evoke their memory of the day.

On September 13th, 6pm these blocks will be brought to the gallery, where Tobi Kahn is exhibiting "Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011". Artists and writers will share their block and/or their memories of 9-11 and Kahn will discuss his exhibit. After the 
session, at 8pm, the blocks will be gathered and the next day they will be installed as "towers" in the windows.                                                                                              

Kahn’s exhibit will feature 220 memory blocks, handed out by him to various New Yorkers and returned to him with markings that commemorate the day. These blocks will be continually rearranged over the length of the exhibition. The Jewish Art Salon's blocks will be displayed as a separate exhibit.

JAS Session September 13, 2011

The Jewish Art Salon and the Educational Alliance in New York will host a session in conjunction with Tobi Kahn’s exhibit Embodied Light, 9-11 in 2011 at the Ernest Rubinstein Gallery. Salon members and the general public are welcome to attend that night to view Kahn's exhibit, to share their 9-11 memories and bring their “memory block” to be displayed in a window installation. (more info on that below).

Date: Tuesday September 13th, 6-8 pm. Tobi will discuss his exhibit; followed by those who wish to share their block and/or their memories of 9-11. Kosher wine and seltzer will be served.

Location: Ernest Rubenstein Gallery,
197 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002.
Between Jefferson and Clinton Streets.
F train to East Broadway; MTA buses: M9, M15, M22

RSVP here

Jewish Art Salon members will contribute their own art / writing for an installation of memory blocks in the gallery windows on the Jefferson Street side, in concert with Kahn's exhibit. To be exhibited from September 14 – November 23, 2011. To participate in the exhibit, click here.

Temple Adas Israel's Art Program

 

Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor, NY has initiated an Artist-in Residence program in addition to art exhibits. Tobi Kahn will be its first Artist in Residence, Friday August 12 through Sunday August 14. Mr. Kahn will speak at Shabbat Services on Friday August 12 at 8 p.m. on “What is Sacred Space?” On Saturday morning August 13 at 11:30 a.m. following 10 a.m. services and 11 a.m. Kiddush Mr. Kahn’s topic will be “Judaism and the Visual” an interactive discussion and text study. On Sunday morning August 14 at 10:30 a.m. Mr. Kahn will speak on “A History of Art” with a slide presentation.