Wednesday, May 11, 2016

ירושלים הרים סביב לה YeRUShaLaYiM HaRIM SaVIV LaH JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS

ירושלים הרים סביב לה 
YeRUShaLaYiM HaRIM SaVIV LaH
JERUSALEM SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS 1987


Ten cast bronze dogs painted in a gold color, 
ten glass plates

40 x 450 x 700 cm.

Please note: This work is based on the ground plan of a synagogue, namely the one that was destroyed in Germany in the Kristallnacht, 9 November 1938







Restraining oneself by demanding nothing in return, 1984
Two cast bronze dogs painted in gold color, five glass plates 150 x 150 Cm.
Collection, Hällisch-Fränkische Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte Schwäbisch Hall, Germany






Joseph Semah, Restraining oneself by demanding nothing in return, 1982
Water colore, ink 40 x 30 cm.

According to this descriptive level the dog had been isolated by the iceberg – the Geopolitical concept (Germany), Caspar David Friedrich; the Hope, contributing as it were, a constant perspective (although restricted) by asserting the link between Christianity and Judaism. There is something bluntly deliberate in one’s logical scheme, the distinct operation which administers the lingering conflict situated between the good and the bad, between the immaculate / the pure and the wicked, between the person’s innocent love and the cynical attitude towards the whole human being. Between compassion (Christianity) and cruelty, blood etc., (Judaism). The dog is (the unabridged reality) a companion, a wreath, a friend, that is, in the comprehension of the Christian. The dog is the evil, the stranger, the constant fear for the Jew. The human spirit, the pigeon, the bird, the angel, the desires and the inclinations (to eradicate the Self). 

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The Sea of Ice ( The Wreck of Hope ) FRIEDRICH, Caspar David 1823–1824






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