Destruction & Rebuilding: a group exhibition
OLD CITY JEWISH ART CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A GROUP AUGUST ART EXHIBITION. THIS EXHIBITION WILL EXPLORE ENDING AND BEGINNING, DESTRUCTION AND REBUILDING, GRIEF AND RESILIENCE. ARTISTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO APPROACH THE TOPIC BROADLY AND WORK IN ALL MEDIA.
Opening First Friday, August 1st Artist Reception from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Community Shabbat Dinner at 9:00 PM
In the Cucumber Garden (A Kosher Dill Lamp) 2025
15"h x 6"w x 5"d - Buckeye burl, steel, Ultraviolet glass pickle, blacklight, glass - 120v plug-in
[My 600,001 Torah interpretation for tisha b'av]
The cucumber represents Hashem's abundance but foreshadows the coming destruction of Jerusalem (Isaiah 1:8). The cucumber's "destruction" in brine (a pool of tears) marks an end. Then, reborn in the glow of Hashem's light as a pickle, it emerges recognizable but transformed — darker, bumpier, tougher. Proof that the Children of Israel shall always 'Rise as a Great Lion'.