NEW YORK, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- One of NYC's cultural gems, Yeshiva University Museum, welcomes 2009 with five new exhibitions embracing the diverse intellectual and artistic achievements of the global Jewish experience. The range of these exhibitions will captivate visitors, offering exceptional works from Mexico, London and India as well as America, that explore the complexities of Jewish life.
Three of the exhibitions will open on Thursday, February 26. In the first, Joseph, the Bull and the Rose, Mexican artist Anette Pier uses the metaphor of the bullfight to portray the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers in vibrant, intensely colored, mixed media paintings on canvas and palm paper. The second offering, Max Miller's emotionally charged paintings of synagogues, Final Mourner's Kaddish: 333 Days in Paintings by Max Miller, expresses his grieving during his year of mourning for his father, when he prayed in many different locations. The third exhibit, Testimony and Memory: Contemporary Miniature Torah Mantles, features the diminutive Torah mantles of London-based textile artist Carole Smollan, well known in England for her commissioned wedding canopies.
On March 22, 2009, the Museum will offer I of the Storm: Michael Hafftka, Recent Work. The son of Holocaust survivors, Hafftka uses Hebrew letters as visual imagery to express his reflections on life, history, and on the Zohar, the Jewish book of mysticism.
On March 30, 2009, From Malabar and Beyond: The Jews of Indiawill showcase the rich culture of Indian Jews through photographs and artifacts of ritual and daily life featuring a selection of textiles and ceremonial objects. This exhibit is organized in conjunction with a two-day conference on Israel and India, a joint project of The Center for Israel Studies and The Institute for Public Health Sciences at Yeshiva University.
For information about admission fees or events, visit www.yumuseum.org or call 212-294-8330.
For 35 years, the Yeshiva University Museum, located at 15 West 16 Street has provided culturally diverse exhibitions and programming for the greater metropolitan area and beyond, as well as to Yeshiva University students, faculty, and alumni. Its permanent collection includes more than 9,000 objects spanning over 3,000 years of Jewish history. Located at the Center for Jewish History, the Museum occupies four spacious galleries, a children's workshop center, and an outdoor sculpture garden.
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