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Tag Archives: Jewish art
(Posthuman Catalogue) Jewish Art & Aesthetics of Judaism
Stepping back at the long arc of Jewish art in tandem with the history of Jewish thought gives to view a kind of cataloge. Included are black inky letters their script and configuration, rosettes and arabesques and other ornamental figures, … Continue reading
(Lachrymose Diaspora) Coins Jewels & Things Lost & Found (Colmar Treasure)
With all due respect, the paltriness of the so-called Colmar Treasure, now on view at the Cloisters, is a lachrymose little testament. On loan from the Musée de Cluny in Paris, the “treasure” refers to the remains of valuables (coins, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Diaspora, Jewish art, Museums & Galleries, photography
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The Jews are Not The Nation Without Art (Hertz Pentateuch)
I thought I was done with the Hertz commentary, that he has nothing much to say after a few things. But then there was this important surprise in these comments about art in his famous Pentateuch & Haftarahs from 1936. … Continue reading
(Tabernacle) Jewish Art is Jewish Feminist Philosophy (Exodus 35-36)
When art is the subject, and art and Judaism, it’s time to retire the Second Commandment and the Golden Calf. Look instead to the concluding chapters of the book of Exodus for a theory of Jewish Art. The first thing … Continue reading
(What Are These Things) Material Judaism & Priestly Religion (Sarah Kayla Jacobs)
Yesterday at Ansche Chesed, Sarah Kaya Jacobs gave these words about some of the most arcane material in the Hebrew Bible: matters relating to the Tabernacle cult and the vestments of the High Priest, in particular. The material appears in … Continue reading
(Lachrymose) Floating Jews and Other Black Squares (Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich)
O Me O My, I’ve been lachrymose, this time at the Jewish Museum having seen Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922. The exhibit is super cool, showing art made by Chagall with these two masters of the … Continue reading
Hunger Art (Chaim Soutine)
“Still Life with Herring” sounds like a Jewish spoof on the French fine art tradition. From the same milieu of Russian Jews in Paris, Chaim Soutine is the anti-Chagall. There is nothing dreamy about his work. There is no lift … Continue reading
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