Yona Verwer - Lower East Side
Yona Verwer - Lower East Side
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II. Lower East Side Interiors
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Painted Panels - The following synagogues are featured:
Stanton Street Shul, Kedosha Janina, Eldridge Street Synagogue, Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem, Town & Village Synagogue, Community Synagogue/Sixth Street Shul, Bialystoker Synagogue, Orensanz Foundation, Chassam Sopher, Awarath Jeshurun, Mezeritch Shul.
There are 16 panels in total, each 30” x 24”. Smaller size prints are available.
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These painted panels, each 30” x 24”, were created for the eruv exhibit at Yeshiva University Museum’s “It’s a Thin Line: The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York & Beyond”. Later they were exhibited at the Tribeca Synagogue of the Arts.
The paintings are a protest of the impact that the lack of an eruv on the Lower East Side has on families with young children and the infirm.
For more information on this issue click here.
These images are also available as prints.
Awarath Jeshurun: Window
Bialystoker Synagogue: Zodiac mural Elul, zodiac mural Sivan
Chassam Sopher: Torah mantle
Community Synagogue / Sixth Street Shul: Window
Eldridge Street Synagogue: Kiki Smith’s window
Kehila Kedosha Janina: Torah mantle
Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem: Yahrzeit plaques
Mezeritch Shul: Window
Orensanz Foundation: Two windows
Stanton Street Shul: Zodiac mural Elul, zodiac mural Sivan, window
Town & Village Synagogue: Torah mantle
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Two series:
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I. History, Heritage and New York’s Lower East Side
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A series of imagery reflecting the Lower East Side is mixed with traditional Jewish zodiac signs and related motifs from of the Stanton St. Synagogue.
This interactive series allows you to explore hidden videos of the zodiac signs in the Stanton Street Shul, and listen to a bit of history interpreted by Elyssa Sampson.
Media: digital print, acrylic paints and augmented reality on canvas.
A collaboration between Cynthia Beth Rubin and Yona Verwer.
Historical advisor: Elissa Sampson. Music by Bob Gluck.
Click here for the collaborative “History, Heritage & Lower East Side” website and images.