Complex Identities Jewish Consciousness and Modern Art
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
- Publish date: 02/01/2000
Description:
Complex Identities is a joint effort by American and Israeli scholars who ask challenging questions about art as formed by society and ethnicity. Focusing on nineteenth- and twentieth- century European, American, and Israeli artists, the contributors delve into the many ways in which Jewish artists have responded to their Jewishness and to the societies in which they lived (or live), and how these factors have influenced their art, their choice of subject matter, and presentation of their work.
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The contributors reflect the broad range of contemporary art criticism, with a variety of perspectives by art, cultural, and even literary historians. Among the essays are Donald Kuspit's and Avigdor Poseq's perspectives on Chaim Soutine, Sander Gilman on R. B. Kitaj and the body, and Ziva Amishai-Maisels on the origins of the Jewish Jesus. By analyzing how Jewish experiences have been depicted and have shaped art, the collection begins to answer how art, in its turn, depicts and shapes the Jewish experience. An introduction by the volume editors unifies the essays and gives a historical overview.
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