Jewish Museum Hosts WE ARE IN A GOLDEN AGE OF JEWISH AMERICAN ART 3/7

The Jewish Museum will present We Are in a Golden Age of Jewish American Art and We Don't Really Know It on Monday, March 7 at 11:30 am. Beginning in the 1970s, many artists turned to the basic texts of Judaism - the Bible, the Talmud, Kabbalah and the daily and holiday prayer books - to find their religious and spiritual roots as well as their subject matter. Matthew Baigell, Professor Emeritus of Art History at Rutgers University, examines how these artists developed styles of their own. Rather than illustrating the texts traditionally, they interpret them in intensely personal ways that start from individual points of view.

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Matthew Baigell has published widely in American and Jewish American art. His most recent books are American Artists, Jewish Images (2006) and Jewish Art in America: An Introduction (2007). He has also published articles on contemporary Jewish spiritual art as well as on artists such as Archie Rand, Richard McBee, Jill Nathanson and Ruth Weisberg, whose works will be discussed in his lecture.

An infrared assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is available for programs in the Museum's S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Auditorium.
Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided from public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties. The stage lighting has been funded by the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer. The audio-visual system has been funded by New York State Assembly Member Jonathan Bing.

About The Jewish Museum
Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent United States institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. The Jewish Museum was established in 1904, when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, the Museum maintains an important collection of 26,000 objects-paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media.

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