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The power of conversation at Jewish museum
NEW YORK CITY â A new exhibition at The Jewish Museum from March 4 to July 10 examines âThe Power of Conversation: Jewish Women and Their Salons.â
From their debut in the 1780s to their emergence in 1930s California, Jewish womenâs salons served as welcoming havens where all classes and creeds could openly debate art, music, literature and politics. âThe Power of Conversation: Jewish Women and Their Salonsâ examines the extraordinary history of these salons where remarkable women of intellect resolved that neither gender nor religion would impede their ability to bring about social change.
A total of 197 objects will be on view including letters, manuscripts, musical scores, political treatises, paintings, sculpture, plays, novels, photographs, furniture, fashion, film and audio theater.
A related panel discussion will take place on March 31, at 6:30 pm. In âFrom the Drawing Room: Portraiture and Women of Ideas,â a panel of spectators will consider the contribution of salonieres to literature and the visual arts from the late Eighteenth Century through the 1930s.
The Jewish Museum is at 1109 Fifth Avenue. For information, 212-423-3271 or www.thejm.org.
Collective Perspectives at Jewish Museum
NEW YORK CITY â âCollective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate The Centennialâ at The Jewish Museum through March 6, presents stellar works of fine art and Judaica acquired in honor of The Jewish Museumâs 100th anniversary. The exhibition features a wide range of work in various media, including painting, sculpture, photography, textiles, metalwork and ceramics.
Poised at the intersection of art, history and culture, the fine arts collection of the museum explores the Jewish experience through the contributions of both Jewish and non-Jewish artists. Among the fine arts highlights in this exhibition are major works by Christian Boltanski, Adolph Gottlieb, Anselm Kiefer, Elie Nadelman, Chana Orloff, Jules Pascin, Ben Shahn and Man Ray.
The museumâs Judaica holdings reflect the diverse fabric of Jewish culture over time with its dynamic negotiation of internal and external influences. These decorative art represent Jewish communities throughout the world, from the ancient to the contemporary. Judaica highlights including fine works by Myer Myers, an American Jew who was the preeminent New York silversmith during the second half of the Eighteenth Century; and Lyn Godleyâs monumental, 5½- by 11-foot âHanukkah Lamp,â 2004, using electric light and digital imagery.
The Jewish Museum is at 1109 Fifth Avenue. For information, 212-423-3271 or www.thejm.org.
Culture and continuity at jewish museum
NEW YORK CITY â âCulture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey,â a vibrant, two-floor exhibition that has been reinstalled in The Jewish Museum, examines the Jewish experience as it has evolved from antiquity to the present over 4,000 years. Visitors to the fourth floor see the reinstalled Ancient World galleries, featuring archaeological objects representing Jewish life in Israel and the Mediterranean region from 1200 BC to 640 AD, and an installation of selections from the museumâs collection of Hanukkah lamps.
On the third floor alone close to 400 works from the Sixteenth Century to the present are now on view. A more dramatic and evocative experience was created in the recent reinstallation. The more open style of the reinstallation has allowed the curators to put on display additional works from the collection that had not been included previously. Highlights include: a pair of silver Torah finials from Breslau, Germany (1792â93) reunited at The Jewish Museum after 60 years of separation; paintings by such artists as Max Weber, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Isidor Kaufmann, Morris Louis, Ken Aptekar and Deborah Kass; prints by Ben Shahn and El Lissitky; and sculpture by Chana Orloff.
A new, more diverse, display of 38 Torah ornaments allows the viewer to compare artistic styles from different parts of the world.
Leonard Baskinâs 1977 sculpture, âThe Altarâ (based on the biblical story of the sacrifice of Isaac), considered the artistâs greatest carving is on view for the first time since 1986.
The Jewish Museum is at 1109 Fifth Avenue. For information, 212-423-3271 or www.thejm.org.
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LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART TO EXHIBIT ELSA RADY
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LONG BEACH, CALIF. â The Long Beach Museum of Art presents âElsa Rady: The Cycladic Swing,â February 4âMay 14.
For the past 20 years, in an effort to remove the ceramic vessel from the constraints of the tabletop and assert its identity as a unique, richly-layered work of art, Elsa Rady has explored a wide range of installation strategies in which to present her extraordinary ceramic sculpture. Her explorations have culminated in this series of installations in which her elegantly shaped porcelain vessels, spare and uniformly glazed, are placed on swinglike palettes, suspended from stainless steel cords.
âElsa Rady: The Cycladic Swingâ is accompanied with an illustrated publication, with an essay by guest curator Bernard Jazzar. The Long Beach Museum of Art is at 2300 East Ocean Boulevard. For information, 562-439-2119 or www.lbma.org.