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Tag: Conceptual Art

0 Art Jewish Law

This Jewish feminist has been the NYC’s sanitation department’s official artist for 50 years. A new movie tells her story.

Jackie Hajdenberg in Forward · 29 Apr

Mierle Laderman Ukeles, a pioneering Jewish feminist and New York City's Sanitation Department artist-in-residence for nearly 50 years, is the subject of the new documentary, "Maintenance Artist."

0 Art Holocaust

A contrarian artist who took inspiration from a Hasidic rabbi and a Vietnamese general

Forward · 15 Jul 2021

Christian Boltanski was a trailblazing French artist whose work, deeply influenced by his Jewish heritage and dramatic family history, explored themes of memory, tragedy, and the human condition through conceptual art.

0 Literature Art

The Great Riffer

Marjorie Perloff in Tablet · 3 Sep 2020

Jeremy Sigler, known for his insightful and edgy art critiques in Tablet, stands out as both a critic and a poet.

0 Art Literature

I Destroyed a LeWitt

Jeremy Sigler in Tablet · 27 Aug 2019

The narrator shares a personal anecdote about accidentally painting over a Sol LeWitt artwork while working for Lawrence Weiner.

0 Art Language

Mel Bochner’s Torah

Jeremy Sigler in Tablet · 15 Dec 2017

The TOTAH gallery in the Lower East Side showcased an exhibition featuring Mel Bochner and Alighiero Boetti, two prominent conceptual artists.

0 Art Holocaust

The Lamentation Project

Frances Brent in Tablet · 3 Jun 2016

Monika Weiss, a Polish transdisciplinary artist, is known for her thought-provoking installations and performances that explore memory and trauma, often involving her own body.