http://artbabble.org/artist/Allan_Wexler/feed en http://artbabble.org/video/thejm/reinventing-ritual-allan-wexler-gardening-sukkah <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/jewish-museum-new-york">The Jewish Museum, New York</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Artist Allan Wexler speaks about his piece, <i>Gardening Sukkah</i>, for which he received the Henry J. Leir Prize. The sukkah—complete with retractable roof, gardening tools, Jewish ritual objects, and dining utensils—embodies a perpetual cycle of renewal, moving between uses without ever lying fallow. </p> <p>Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life at The Jewish Museum, New York, September 13, 2009 - February 7, 2010<br /> <a href="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/reinventingritual" title="http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/reinventingritual" rel="nofollow">http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/reinventingritual</a></p> <p>Videos excerpted from "Reinventing Ritual"</p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/thejm/reinventing-ritual-allan-wexler-gardening-sukkah" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/thejm/reinventing-ritual-allan-wexler-gardening-sukkah#comments Allan Wexler Architecture Nature Ritual The Jewish Museum Inspiration Contemporary Art Objects Perception Spirituality The Jewish Museum, New York http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/df/dfeea0a2e06192bd/poster-image-01.jpg dfeea0a2e06192bd Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:29:07 +0000 The JM 6504 at http://artbabble.org