Complex identities : Jewish consciousness and modern art / edited by Matthew Baigell and Milly Heyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baigell, Matthew.

Heyd, Milly, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish art.

Art, Modern--20th century--Themes, motives.

Art, Modern.

Themes, motives.

Jewish artists.

Jews--Identity.

Jews.

Judaism and art.

Physical Description:

xvii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2001]

Summary:

American and Israeli scholars examine how 19th and 20th century artists have responded to their jewishness through their art. Complex Identities is a joint effort by American and Israeli scholars who ask challenging questions about art as formed by society and ethnicity. Focusing on nineteenth- and twentieth-century European, American, and Israeli artists, the contributors delve into the many ways in which Jewish artists have responded to their Jewishness and to the societies in which they lived, and how these factors have influenced their art, their choice of subject matter, and presentation of their work. The contributions reflect a broad range of contemporary art criticism drawn from the history of art, culture, and literature. By analyzing how Jewish experiences have depicted and shaped art, the collection begins to answer how art, in its turn, depicts and shapes Jewish experience. An introduction by the volume editors unifies the essays and gives a historical overview.

Contents:

Master narratives/minority artists / Norman L. Kleeblatt

"With wisdom and knowledge of workmanship": Jewish art without a question mark / Elisheva Revel-Neher

Graven images on video? The second commandment and Jewish identity / Margaret Olin

Origins of the Jewish Jesus / Ziva Amishai-Maisels

Jewish naivete? Soutine's shudder / Donald Kuspit

Soutine's Jewish bride fantasy / Avigdor W.G. Posèq

Man Ray/Emanuel Radnitsky: who is behind The enigma of Isidore Ducasse / Milly Heyd

From International socialism to Jewish nationalism: the John Reed club gift to Birobidzhan / Andrew Weinstein

Ben Shahn, the four freedoms, and the SS St. Louis / Diana L. Linden

Jewish-American artists: identity and Messianism / Matthew Baigell

Sacred signs and symbols in Morris Louis: the charred journal series, 1951 / Mira Goldfarb Berkowitz

Perpetual tension: considering Richard Serra's Jewish identity / Hariet F. Senie

R.B. Kitaj's "good bad" diasporism and the body in American Jewish postmodern art / Sander L. Gilman

The Jewish Venus / Gannit Andori

Secular culture and traditional Judaism in the art of Michal Na'aman / Haya Fridberg

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813528682

0813528690

OCLC:

44110381