Barbara Wolff
dal 5/2/2015 al 2/5/2015
Segnalato da
5/2/2015
Barbara Wolff
Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Hebrew Illumination for Our Time: The Art of Barbara Wolff offers startling illuminations, recent gifts to the Morgan, created by this contemporary artist.
Hebrew Illumination for Our Time: The Art of Barbara Wolff offers startling illuminations—recent gifts to the Morgan—created by this contemporary artist. The ten folios of "You Renew the Face of the Earth" illustrate passages from Hebrew Psalm 104, a celebration of all creation, with images illuminated in silver, gold, and platinum foils. In the seventeen bifolios comprising the Rose Haggadah, Wolff, while rooted in the tradition of illustrated Haggadot, presents a modern interpretation of the texts used at the Passover Seder.
For many museum-goers the use of rich
gold and silver leaf to illuminate religious
texts is an artistic practice that began—and
ended—centuries ago.
However, the process in all of its precision
and beauty continues to this day, and a
new exhibition at the Morgan Library &
Museum highlights the work of celebrated
contemporary artist Barbara Wolff. Titled
Hebrew Illumination for Our Time: The Art
of Barbara Wolff, the show includes You
Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104
and the Rose Haggadah. The manuscripts
feature gold, silver, and platinum foils on
vellum with imagery drawn from nature,
archaeology, and religious custom in a 21 st
century ode to the long history of Jewish
illumination.
Barbara Wolff, Among the Branches They Sing from You Renew the Face
of the Earth: Psalm 104. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1190, fol.
3. Gift of Joanna S. Rose, 2014. Artwork © 2015 Barbara Wolff.
Photography by Rudi Wolff.
Both works were generously donated to the Morgan—an institution renowned for its collection of
medieval and Renaissance manuscripts—by Joanna S. Rose. The exhibition will be on view
through May 3.
Hebrew Illumination for Our Time: The Art of Barbara Wolff is made possible through the generosity of Daniel and Joanna S. Rose and the David Berg Foundation, with additional support from the Sherman Fairchild Fund for Exhibitions.
Image Caption:
Image: Barbara Wolff, Among the Branches They Sing from You Renew the Face of the Earth: Psalm 104. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1190, fol. 3. Gift of Joanna S. Rose, 2014. Artwork © 2015 Barbara Wolff. Photography by Rudi Wolff.
Press Contact:
Michelle Perlin, 212.590.0311, mperlin@themorgan.org
Patrick Milliman, 212.590.0310, pmilliman@themorgan.org
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Opening: 6 February 2015.
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