In the beginning : artists respond to Genesis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rorke-Levy, Pam.

Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, Calif.)

Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation in art--Exhibitions--California--San Francisco.

Creation in art.

Bible. Genesis, I--Art--Exhibitions.

Bible.

Bible. Genesis, I.

Bible. Genesis, I--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

California.

California--San Francisco.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm + DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Other Title:

Artists respond to Genesis

Title on DVD label: Genesis now

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Contemporary Jewish Museum, [2008]

Summary:

"The exhibition pairs seven new artist commissions, including works by Matthew Ritchie, Ben Rubin and Shirley Shor, with a range of historically important works by Marc Chagall, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and others in order to explore our changing understanding of the story of creation as depicted in Genesis Chapter 1"--Website.

Notes:

Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition held at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, June 8, 2008 to Jan. 4, 2009.

Accompanying "Genesis Now" DVD, produced and directed by Pam Rorke Levy. was shown in the exhibit. It shows responses to the text of Genesis, Chapter 1, from scientist, theologians and artists from a range of disciplines.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gershwind/Bennett Endowed Fund for Judaica Collections.

Presented to the Penn Libraries from the collection of Grace Cohen Grossman.

Other Format:

Online version: In the beginning.

ISBN:

9780615251448

0615251447

OCLC:

310423075