To the artist, noted Baskind, the hybrid that emerges from the works is both “uncategorizable and yet a product of the interconnected world we call home. Pieces in the exhibit contain Stars of David, mandalas, blue angels wearing tallises and saris, and U.S. “The exhibition slowly unveils her personal story through brilliantly colored work alongside, and intertwined with, commentary on the imperfect state of the world today.” Yet visual art can explore identity of this sort in a different way than other kinds of storytelling because it’s more efficient and effective than a novel,” she added. “The stories and cultures Benjamin blends can be daunting because they are referential and unknown to many. “Jews live all around the world, and her work opens up conversations about difference and sameness.”īenjamin’s work-combining Jewish, Indian, Persian, Hindu, Islamic and Christian artistic influences, as well as American pop-creates an aesthetic mix that “refuses simple categorization,” according to Baskind. For this demonstration we have chosen a detail of Leonardo's Mona Lisa, the most famous portrait in the history of art, but you could use any image that you want. “Her art demonstrates that the Jewish people are not monolithic–that Jews come in different shapes, sizes and colors, and are not just white and Ashkenazi,” exhibit curator Samantha Baskind, distinguished professor of art history at Cleveland State, told JNS. Step 1 - Choosing an Image S tart with a photocopy or photograph of the image you wish to use for your Pop Art Portrait. More than 40 of Benjamin’s works are on view in a solo show titled “ Beyond Borders” at the Galleries at Cleveland State University (through March 25), which subsequently travels to the Skirball Museum in Cincinnati (April 20-July 30). Dozens of figures fill the rest of the space, with at least one apparent reference to the Exodus story-a man carrying a sheep on his back, evidently the paschal lamb or Moses the shepherd retrieving an animal, which led him to the Burning Bush.
In the central portion, fire emanates from one hand of a blue-skinned winged figure while water comes out of the other. More recently, Benjamin’s 2019 painting “Exodus #10” contains seven works in one. “A thousand of years have I waited keeping the embers of revenge glowing in my heart!” a word bubble states. “Finding Home #74” (2006) depicts blue-skinned demoness Lilith wearing a tallit and sporting wings amid a halo of fire, with a hamsa necklace and a snake armband. Her blue-skinned figures, which long predate the Na’vi in the 2009 film “ Avatar,” are self-portraits that reflect her identity as a Jewish woman of color.
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