EXHIBITIONS
FALL - WINTER 2002
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ART
AGAINST FORGETTING:
PAINTINGS BY LEONARD MEISELMAN
Through October 13, 2002
Meiselman’s expressionist images depict prayer shawls and
flags that appear to have been shredded by catastrophic events.
The artist portrays his dual identity as a Jew and an American. As he paints, the awful events of the past century - most notably
the Holocaust - are still resonating, and yet new terrors are daily
confronting Jews the world over. The
artist grapples with these horrific anxieties and emerges victorious in his
forceful affirmation of life. Catalogue available.
JOURNEY
TO NO END OF THE WORLD:
JUDAICA FROM THE GROSS FAMILY COLLECTION
Through October 20,
2002
This architecturally and conceptually innovative
exhibition features spectacular ceremonial objects from 33 Jewish communities
throughout the world from the renowned Gross Family Collection.
Through ritual objects, literary testimony and photographs, the
exhibition explores the traditions of Jewish travelers, who since the 9th
century have journeyed throughout the world and documented their travels.
For most of these travelers, their journeys represented trips to “the
end of the world.” This
exhibition was organized by the Jewish Museum of Vienna.
FRUITS
OF A LIFETIME:
THE KATHRYN YOCHELSON COLLECTION OF ISRAELI ART
Through October 27, 2002
TREE
OF LIFE
Installations by Ilana Lilienthal
Through December 31, 2002
TRADERS TO TARTARY:
FROM SAXONY TO THE CASPIAN SEA
Through December 2002
For 1000 years, from the Middle
Ages to the Industrial Revolution, Jewish traveled the route from Saxony to the Caspian Sea, selling cloth, furs, silver,
copper and amber, which they traded for Oriental silks, gems, horses and
pearls. This exhibition, through text and artifact, presents an
experiential route of their travels.
9/11
COMMEMORATIVE QUILT
Through December 31, 2002
Fifth-grade students from the H.F. Epstein Hebrew
Academy in Olivette, Missouri created this remarkable quilt to provide comfort to
a child who lost a parent in the September 11 attacks.
The students and their teacher designed their own squares by drawing
self-portraits and signing their names. The individual squares were then
arranged into this touching quilt.
Quilting folklore teaches that you should sleep under a quilt for one
night before you give it away; to maintain this tradition, each student hugged
the finished quilt before it was sent to New York. When the exhibit closes, the quilt will be given to a
child who suffered the loss of a parent on 9/11.
KOMAR
& MELAMID:
SYMBOLS OF THE BIG BANG
October 24,
2002-February 23, 2003
Komar
and Melamid, who have collaborated since the 1960s, immigrated to the U.S. from
the Soviet Union in the late 1970s. Symbols of The Big Bang
reflects a departure from their past projects which were based on satire -
Soviet art based on socialist realism - and their projects that included the
participation of animals in the artistic process. Now, for the first time,
the artists have created a series that explores their personal
spirituality. These works encourage viewers to experience the mystical healing
power of age-old symbols like the Star of David. Through
large-scale paintings on canvas and drawings on graph paper, the artists seek to
bridge the gap between the scientific Big Bang theory and the stories of
Creation. In every one of their works, they rely heavily on interaction
and collaboration to achieve their artistic goals. Catalogue available.
STORIES
UNTOLD:
JEWISH PIONEER WOMEN 1850-1910
November 7,
2002-January 12, 2003
Artist Andrea Kalinowski paints individual stories of Jewish pioneer women in the American West using traditional quilt patterns representative of the period. The nine painted canvas quilts explore the identities of those women who were among the first to settle in the newly acquired territories. The magic of the work is in its willingness to let the women speak for themselves through their own writings and images, reproduced on the canvas. Through the voices and faces of these early pioneers, we can begin to piece together the multiple histories of the American West and the contributions of Jewish women. This exhibition has been made possible, in part, by the Dorot Foundation. Catalogue available.
TOBI
KAHN: MICROCOSMOS
November 14,
2002-January 26, 2003
Internationally acclaimed as a painter and sculptor, Tobi Kahn draws on his Jewish heritage to create abstract, spiritual works evocative of the cosmos and the elements of the earth. Kahn's minimal formations reflect sky, land, water, molecules, cells, blood and the nuclei of life itself. The paintings, inspired by the book of Genesis, become metaphors for creation. Kahn's artworks direct the viewer inward to reflect upon his or her own spirituality. Catalogue available.
COMING SOON:
A
Portion of the People:
Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life
February 6 - July 20, 2003
Gallery
Tours
Every Sunday at 2:00 and 3:00 p.m.
Yeshiva University Museum’s exhibitions and programs are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, The Smart Family Foundation and individual friends of the Museum. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership and a lifetime of learning, supports YUM’s exhibitions and programs.
Exhibition schedule is subject to change. Please call ahead.
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