The Jew As The Other

December 23rd – December 30th, 2015
Abrazo Interno Gallery
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center
A collaboration between Yiddish New York and The Clemente
Curated by Tine Kindermann, Deborah Ugoretz and Yona Verwer

What is it that makes being Jewish so exotic and appealing? Why this fascination with its otherness? For some, being Jewish is to exist outside the mainstream, yet still hold true to its values. For others, it is to exist inside a community and hold fast to its culture and practice. For others it is a way to reconnect to a world that has been violently ripped away. However one identifies as a Jew, being one or wanting to be one has some kind of radical other-ness to it. And so, one wonders: Is it possible to distill the essence of what makes one Jewish and “Other” (provocative, different than) and make it concrete in the artist’s work? How might the artist’s work deal with the issue of being exotic within the context of history and experience?

Review of “The Jew As The Other” in the Forward

Artists featured in this show: Jaynie Gillman Crimmins, Sherry Davis, Rina Dweck, Joshua Edelglass, Lisa Ferber, Harriet Finck, David K. Friedman, Marcia Bricker Halperin, Camille Hoffman, Sandra Indig, Tine Kindermann, Ann Lipscombe, Elias Melad, Justine Neuberger, Ellen Deitell Newman, Francine Perlman, Anya Roz, Debbie Schore, Joel Silverstein, Abie Sussman, Daniel Toretsky, Deborah Ugoretz, David Wander, Joyce Ellen Weinstein, Kaethe Wenzel