"Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life" Exhibition
The Jewish Museum
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Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life surveys the explosion of new Jewish rituals, art, and objects that has occurred since the mid-1990s. This period is defined by the urge to discover beauty and meaning in first premises--the roots and ruptures--when ritual could be radical. This attitude of innovation is shared by a wide range of artists inclusive of generation, nationality, and religion. Contemporary artists and designers focus on Judaism as a lived experience by transforming the physical acts of ritual into new forms.
Outstanding works of industrial design, metalwork, ceramics, video, drawing, comics, sculpture, installation, and textiles from Europe, Israel, and North America reveal the diversity within Judaism. The exhibition will present works in thematic groups and environments that suggest the spaces and situations in which ritual is performed.
[Image: Studio Armadillo: Hadas Kruk (Israeli, b. 1970) and Anat Stein (Israeli, b. 1972) Hevruta-Mituta (2007) Plastic chess board and thirty-two knitted skullcaps 2 1/4 x 25 x 25 in. Courtesy of the artists, Tel Aviv]
Media
Schedule
from September 13, 2009 to February 07, 2010
Artist(s)
Jonathan Adler, Cheselyn Amato, Oreet Ashery, Sarah Auslander, Bruria Avidan, Helène Aylon, Sahar Batsry, Francisca Benitez, Michael Berkowitz, Johanna Bresnick, Alexis Canter, Michael Cloud, Michele Oka Doner, Ami Drach, Dov Ganchrow, Hadassa Goldvicht, Joseph Grand, Deborah Grant, Mila Tanya Griebel, Steven N. Handel, Johnathan Hopp, Rachel Kanter, Tobi Kahn, Tamara Kostianovsky, Sigalit Landau, Eran Lederman, Elan Leor, Studio Armadillo, Liora Taragan, Ezri Tarazi, Adam Tihany, Suzanne Treister, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Lella Vignelli, JT Waldman, Tobaron Waxman, Allan Wexler, Martin Wilner, ZiviaTalila Abraham, Alix Mikesell, Rachel Moses, Norm Paris, Reddish Studio, Karim Rashid, Tracy Rolling, Galya Rosenfeld, Ross Barney Architects, Barbara Rushkoff, Anika Smulovitz, Sari Srulovitch, LoVid, Virgil Marti, Matthew McCaslin Marit Meisler