Tikkun Ha-Olam, Finding Home Series #46
Siona Benjamin
2000
Image
Tikkun Ha-Olam (Repair of the World) is from Benjamin’s Finding Home series, in which the Bombay-born Jewish artist raises questions about what and where “home” is, while addressing issues such as identity, immigration, motherhood, and the role of art in social change. She has written that not being able to establish deep roots anywhere has pulled her toward “a seductive spiritual borderland,” where she mixes iconography from different artistic traditions. In this picture, the arms of the blue-skinned Hindu goddess Kali are transformed into the arms of a menorah.
Credits
Collection of Jonathan and Gail Schorsch. Courtesy of the artist, www.artsiona.com and Flomenhaft Gallery, www.flomenhaftgallery.com.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 10.
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