For the director/artist, creating images inspired by Torah is a way of engaging with the stories, ideas and interpretations that have shaped Jewish life for thousands of years.
I took three different dates, ages 6, 72 and 35, to see Dataland, the unusual digital art experience in downtown Los Angeles.
Three fascinating exhibitions now showing at the Skirball Cultural Center stand on their own, yet together they trace unexpected threads of Jewish identity, memory and cultural reinvention.
Cindy Crawford, Wolf Blitzer and Chelsea Handler are among the celebrities who were photographed with survivors.
Chari Pere is an award-winning Orthodox Jewish cartoonist, writer, and filmmaker whose work delves into deeply personal and often taboo experiences.
Shabat has always had an internal drive to be and feel free and unfettered. The idea of liberation is one she has explored not only in her work but also in her life.
She is continuing to create work with Jewish themes, even though she is up against antisemitism in the art world as well.
Currently on display at Hillel at UCLA, the exhibit is as much a storytelling exhibit as it is a photography display.
Thanks to the Skirball Cultural Center, Kirby is finally getting the honor and respect he deserves with his own exhibit, “Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity.”
