{"id":829,"date":"2018-08-23T13:56:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T11:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gerschmann.net\/?page_id=829"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:05:32","slug":"pfade-iii-kleine-collagen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gerschmann.net\/en\/pfade-iii-kleine-collagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Paths III-Small collages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Series “Paths of Jewish History”<\/h3>\n
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TRANSIT<\/strong><\/span>
\n24 x 30 cm<\/span>
\n2016, picture No. 3508<\/span>
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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EXODUS<\/strong>
\n24 x 30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3506
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MASADA<\/strong>
\n24 x 30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3513
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink
\nMasada as a symbol of the Jewish desire for freedom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GOLGATHA<\/strong>
\n24 x 30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3514
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SEARCHING FOR THE LOST HOME<\/strong>
\n24×30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3510
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink
\ntop: Diaspora
\nbelow: the destroyed temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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YIDDISH, DIASPORA<\/strong>
\n2 4×30 cm,
\n2016, picture No. 3511
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HOME-LONGING<\/strong>
\n24×30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3509
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink
\ntop: Jerusalem
\nbelow: City of Odessa, Black Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SHADOWS AND LIGHT<\/strong>
\n24×30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3516
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink
\ntop: promised land,
\nthe Wailing wall in Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ON THE WAY<\/strong>
\n24×30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3507
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TALLIT IV<\/strong>
\n24×30 cm
\n2016, picture No. 3512
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MONUMENTS<\/strong>
\n24×30 cm,
\n2016, picture No. 3515
\ntextile collage, acrylic, indian ink
\nKey aspects of the art work:
\nWailing wall, stone rosette at Hisham Palace, Jericho (West Bank, Israel), Hisham Palace\/Qirbat al-Mafyar, the “chair of Moses”,
\nbasalt block 3rd century AD Ghorazim, Israel, about 3 km north of Capernaum, Galilee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THE PATHS OF JEWISH HISTORY<\/strong>
\n24x30cm
\n2016, picture No. 3505
\ntextile collage
\nkey aspects of the art work: starting from the bottom on the right we can see the Garden of Eden (Pomegranate), the exodus from Egypt, the Red Sea, the migration, the Sinai Peninsula, the sacrifice of a ram (the Golden calf), the exile \u2013 North Africa, Arabic countries, Europe (commercial activity & permissible professions like tailor), the Shoah, the journey to America, diaspora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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TALLIT II<\/strong>
\nlooking for the Lost Home
\n(the lament of the Babylonian exile)\u00a0
\n60×50 cm
\n2007, picture No. 3502
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TALLIT I<\/strong>
\n60×50 cm
\n2007, picture No. 3500
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Story of Levi Srauss<\/strong>
\n60×50 cm
\n2007, picture No. 3503nen, cotton linen, cotton, fabric, leather,
\nink, yarn, sewing needles excerpts ,from original “Levis Jeans”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It reminds the observer consciously or unconsciously of striped patterns of the Jewish prayer cloth Tallit.
\nIn the compositions, everyday and life stories mingle with symbols of “giving hands”, “Kosher”, Menora, Sabbath, Talmud, Tora \u2013 roles, Jerusalem and the sacred stones of the wall, the Red Sea, tombstones left behind and stories from the Bible, from generation Longing for a generation of abandoned home, lost place of ancestors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n