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Boris Kulikov, Illustration for The Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller (Simon & Schuster). © 2007 Boris Kulikov.
Monsters and Miracles: A Journey Through Jewish Picture Books
October 15, 2010 - January 23, 2011
East Gallery
This ambitious exhibition explores the evolution of Jewish picture books, from illuminated manuscripts, alef-bets (books of Hebrew letters), and Passover Haggadot to stories that consider monsters (golems, dybbuks, and wild things), life in the shtetl, and the role of migration in Jewish life. The exhibition comprises a “who’s who” of picture-book artists, including Mordicai Gerstein, Nonny Hogrogian, Trina Schart Hyman, Maurice Sendak, Uri Shulevitz, and William Steig.
Curated by Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, and independent scholar Neal Sokol.
This exhibition was co-organized with The Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Featured Artists
Lisa Brown,
Eric Carle,
Marc Chagall,
Raúl Colón,
"Jacoob" Hai ben Joseph Israel Coniliano,
Allan Drummond,
Leonard Everett Fisher,
Michael Foreman,
Otto Geismar,
Mordicai Gerstein,
Nonny Hogrorian,
Trina Schart Hyman,
Boris Kulikov,
Hector Viveros Lee,
E. B. Lewis,
El Lissitzky,
Irene Lieblich,
Arnold Lobel,
Barbara McClintock,
Barry Moser,
Jon J Muth,
Jill Pinkwater,
Mark Podwal,
Marjorie Priceman,
Ze'ev Raban,
Issachar Ber Ryback,
Isaac ben Solomon Sahula ,
Lasar Segall,
Maurice Sendak,
Ben Shahn ,
Jankew Sefer ben Rabbi Judah Loeb Shamash of Berlin,
Uri Shulevitz,
Baruch Simons,
Art Spiegelman,
William Steig,
Donald Sultan,
Kristina Swarner,
Simms Taback,
Neil Waldman,
David Wisniewski,
Moses Loeb ben Wolf,
Margot Zemach
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