Artist Allan Wexler speaks about his piece, Gardening Sukkah, 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.
Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life at The Jewish Museum, New York, September 13, 2009 - February 7, 2010 http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/reinventingritual
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