Ita Aber 55 Year Retrospective: January 9th-28th, 2001Arlene Raven is a well known art historian, Ori Z. Soltes is a Judaic scholar, Sandra Lois Langer has published important materials on feminist art, Bezalel Narkiss is a world renowned Jewish art historian & Gabriel M. Goldstein is a talmudic scholar. All of them came together in this monograph to write about the work of Ita Aber, a very complex & diverse historian, conservator, teacher & artist who hears a different drummer. For 55 years she has been producing the work she is compelled to do, bringing together her Canadian Jewish feminist background. Studies in history, art & textiles have contributed to her work which includes paint, fiber, sculpture, jewelry & mixed media. She has been innovative in making outdoor weatherproof paintings, exploring & reevaluating ancient symbols, executing old techniques like fishscale & goldwork embroidery & marrying many of the aforementioned together. As her first book The Art of Judaic Needlework, 1979, was innovative, so this work explores the complex ideas & diverse materials with which she is familiar. This monograph is not just for students, teachers, scholars, museums & libraries. Profusely illustrated with 110 color images. |
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MADE WITH MASTERY AND LOVE | 6 |
ITA ABER AND JEWISH | 26 |
GREEK LETTERS AS JEWISH WOMENS | 40 |
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Aber's Aber's Sukkah Linings amulets antique French glass applique & embroidery Ark Curtain Arlene Raven Art of Judaic artist B'rith Klutznick Museum baby beads on canvas body ornament Canadian canvas over wood canvaswork CITRON BOX cloth Coll color Curator decorative depiction DMC wool embroidered Embroiderers Guild fabric over wood female feminist fishscale found objects fruit Gamma and Eta garments gold plated sterling Guild of America Hudson River Museum Ita Aber's Jerusalem Jewish art Jewish Museum Jewish Theological Seminary Jews Judaic Needlework Klutznick LIBERATED WOMEN'S CANVAS Masada MATZO MESSIANIC Montreal mother of pearl mother-of-pearl paint on canvas Paint on wood PEACE FLOWER phylacteries plexiglas pomegranate prayer shawl PREPOSTEROUS TREE Purim Purim Noisemaker Rembrandt's Jewish Bride ritual Riverdale Sabbath bread cover SAR Academy scroll SIMCHAT TORAH stitches Sukkot Synagogue techniques textile thread three dimensional applique tion TORAH MANTLE Torah shield WALL HANGING weatherproof white & blue Yemenite Yeshiva University Museum York