| Curator |
Carmit Blumensohn. |
| Collection |
Gross Family Collection |
| Imprint |
Tel Aviv, Israel, 2014. 45 pp.*, 21 pp., illustrations: 64 col., 6 b&w, 24.1 × 16.8 cm. Hebrew and English. |
| ISBN |
9789654250269 |
| Location |
Beit Hatfutsot—The Museum of the Jewish People (14 July–15 December 2014) |
| Description |
Paintings, sculptures and various installations by 13 contemporary Israeli artists, presented alongside a selection of amulets from the Gross Family Collection. Three categories frame the exhibition: Prayers and Folk Remedies: Signs of Luck and Blessing; Amulets and Superstition; and Myths and Symbols. Introduction to the exhibition and its contributors by Carmit Blumensohn. Essay on art and the occult in history, Jewish tradition, and general and Israeli art. Basic information for 21 works illustrated. |
| main keywords |
AMULETS |
| minor keywords |
Portraits, rabbis |
