The Chapter Paintings
Each of the fifty-four paintings in Archie Rand’s series, The Chapter Paintings, is based on a weekly Torah portion. In interviews, the artist has said that he is interested in creating a new iconography for Judaism. This photograph dates from the paintings’ installation in 1996.
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