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Leslie Golomb
b. 1953 in Pittsburgh, PA; lives in Pittsburgh, PA
Selection Exhibitions/Honors:
American Print Biennial, MA;
Print Center, PA; National Endowment for the Arts Award
Louise Silk
b. 1950; lives in Pittsburgh, PA
Selection Exhibitions:
Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, PA;
Lambert Castle Museum, NJ
Exodus
from
Deez Nights Be All Da Same to Me,
2003
Silk screened and hand-embroidered commercially dyed
cotton; 55" x 68"
Deez Nights Be All Da Same to Me
places the 1840 silhouette of
a Southern Jewish family with a slave at an imagined Passover
Seder
.
An African American boy’s journey to freedom is juxta-
posed with the Jewish exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt.
Photo: Peter Shefler
Adina Gatt
b. 1940 in Hadera, Israel; lives in Nahariya, Israel
Selected Exhibitions:
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL; Gallery Alef,
Tel Aviv; Gloria Gallery, Jerusalem
Omer Counter,
2010
Silk embroidery on linen; 23.5" x 24.5"
“
I wanted to make the
sefira
(
counting) of the
omer
an act of joy. One
moves the magnet every day, counting the 49 days between Passover and
Shavuot
.
The piece is without numbers or words to indicate which day
it is and therefore forces one to think and move the piece on one’s own
each day. I chose the green color to represent the color of wheat as it
begins to sprout. I enjoy looking at it at different times of the day –
noticing different color combinations from the various angles of light.”
Temma Gentles
b. 1946 in Toronto, Canada; lives in Toronto, Canada
Selected Collections:
Beth Tzedec Reuben and Helene Dennis Museum, Toronto; Boston
Women’s Archives, MA; Ma'yan: Jewish Women's Project, NY; Coopers and Lybrand, Toronto
She Is a Tree of Life,
2000
Collaboration with Dorothy Ross
Fabrics, trims, beads, appliqué; 39" x 22" x 13"
Collection of Phillip and Sylvia Spertus
“
Because Torah, wisdom, and understanding are feminine nouns in Hebrew, the Torah scroll
is dressed as a 17th-century Italian bride in the elaborate Baroque manner. The dress is
adorned with both female and religious symbols that represent fertility,
mitzvot,
the matriar-
chal Women of Valour, the counting of the
omer,
and the evil eye.”
Photo: Thomas Nowak courtesy of the Spertus Museum, Chicago IL