Auction Ends: Jun 22, 2012 11:00 PM PDT
Judaica
Gorgeous Giclee Print "Tree of Life", Signed & Donated by Artist!
- Item Number
- 78
- Sold
- 340 USD to Live Event Bidder
- Number of Bids
- 11 - Bid History
Item Description
"Ahavat Olam" is an original papercut made by Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik in 2011 as part of the “Paper Tefillah” series: sixteen papercuts representing the prayers in contemporary Jewish worship. The series is intended to convey the feeling of engaging in prayer — to reproduce in paper the worship experience — as well as to represent the meanings of the prayers. Each piece was cut from a single sheet of watercolor stock, backed with cut-up comics and cast-off prayerbooks that had been destined for ritual burial in the genizah.
Ahavat Olam is a prayer in which we thank God for the gift of Torah. In this papercut the Torah is represented as the Etz Chaim — the Tree of Life. The leaves of the tree in this papercut are composed of the letters of the Aleph-Bet, the building blocks of the Torah. Within the leaves are sections of the prayer and the Hebrew names of the five books of Moses. All of the comics used to back this papercut are from Superman comics, who adheres to a strict moral code and stands for truth and justice. This is used to reflect the code that we construct out of the teachings of the Torah, and which holds at its core the concept of justice. Because of his color scheme, Superman himself is not represented, but those he loved most are; observant eyes can find evidence of Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen throughout the piece.
This archival giclée print was printed by the artist for the 2012 Temple Ahavat Shalom Gala.
Item Special Note
Dimensions: 17" x 20" Framed
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