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"If you look at biblical characters, there are deeper stories than what meets the eye. And I paint them blue because I’m redeeming myself through them, too.”
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Artist Siona Benjamin Brings Hindu and Muslim Motifs to Portrayals of Judaism
Posted on 03:12 by the great khali
JEWISH TELEGRAPH AGENCY
By Chavie Lieber
NEW JERSEY --- In the space of a single painting, Siona Benjamin juxtaposes feminism, Indian mythology and Jewish imagery. On a three-foot canvas, she’ll paint a portrait of a blue-skinned figure, usually a character from the Bible, with nods to Persian miniatures, Talmudic fables and Vishnu gods. “I want people to realize there can be a universal message in Jewish art,” Benjamin told JTA. Her favored subjects are biblical outcasts, and she aims to redeem them by presenting an alternative narrative. [link]
"If you look at biblical characters, there are deeper stories than what meets the eye. And I paint them blue because I’m redeeming myself through them, too.”
By Chavie Lieber
"If you look at biblical characters, there are deeper stories than what meets the eye. And I paint them blue because I’m redeeming myself through them, too.”
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