Galia Gur Zeev "Seder Table"

Weill Art Gallery/ 92nd Y

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The Passover Seder is one of the most important festive meals in Jewish tradition. This annual gathering rearranges the family unit with each meal and demands "taking stock" of the family members in order to accommodate the inevitably growing, changing group – a routine, familiar and comforting ritual carried out from one seder meal to the next. A great deal of tension, excitement, joy and sadness come together on this occasion. The meeting around the table maps out the present and the absent and marks changing roles in the family as elders pass on and children become adults.

In her first exhibition in North America, Israeli photographer Galia Gur Zeev explores these family gatherings around the dining table in Seder Table. The exhibit consists of a wall piece depicting the diners around the table from a bird's-eye view. The table is nonexistent, and the relevant information emerges from the black background. Zeev’s photographs address a person's relationships with oneself, one's body, and one's family, portraying a universe centered on the home and the family.

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from March 11, 2010 to May 03, 2010

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Galia Gur Zeev

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