Sept 10 – Jan 3 | Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale – To Forgive and Remember: Reshaping Contemporary Consciousness Group Exhibtion with Dennis Darkeem RedMoon and Alexis Mendoza
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To Forgive and Remember: Reshaping Contemporary Consciousness
On view September 10, 2015–January 3, 2016
Reception with the artists: Sunday, October 18, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
R.S.V.P. art@hebrewhome.org or 718.581.1330
Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale is pleased to announce the opening of To Forgive and Remember: Reshaping Contemporary Consciousness on September 10, 2015. Planned to coincide with the Jewish High Holidays, this exhibition of 15 works by nine contemporary artists surveys both the historical and present impact of judgment, forgiveness, oneness and remembrance on individuals and communities through the lens of contemporary art. A reception at which the artists will be present to speak about their work will take place on Sunday, October 18, from 3:30–5:30 p.m. in the Derfner Judaica Museum located in the Jacob Reingold Pavilion at 5901 Palisade Avenue in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. This event is free and open to the public. Please R.S.V.P. to 718.581.1596 or art@hebrewhome.org.
Works on view represent a range of media, including painting, drawing, photography, collage, silkscreen and linoleum printing, textile and assemblage. Using photography, artists Aileen Bassis and Dennis RedMoon Darkeem create autobiographical works informed by their childhoods in the Bronx; Robert Kirschbaum and Elyssa Wortzman approach the biblical story of the Sacrifice of Isaac, associated with the Jewish New Year liturgy, through the medium of abstraction; both Alexis Mendoza and Ken Goldman evoke Dada and Surrealism in their curious juxtapositions of objects and materials; Joyce Ellen Weinstein’s print and Anne Kantor Kellett’s sculpture draw inspiration from their experiences in Poland and Rwanda, respectively; Laurie Wohl’s textile, embroidered in Hebrew, Arabic and Greek, evokes a hope for reconciliation and oneness.
Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale, 5901 Palisade Avenue, Riverdale – Tel. 718-581-1596
Museum hours: Sunday–Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Art Collection and grounds open daily, 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Call 718-581-1596 for holiday hours and to schedule group tours, or for further information please visit our website at www.hebrewhome.org
