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Steve Kobb began painting at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied with George Nick, George Deem, and Rackstraw Downes. In the '70's, he graduated with an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He recently retired from a long career as a computer programmer, and now devotes myself to art-making, mostly on Jewish themes.
This act of putting the mezuzah on a door post is a way of saying to the world: "We Live Here". Usually, mezuzot are seen as lovely, charming little things. I wanted to show that hammering in a mezuzah could be a statement of strength and determination.
To me, the candles seem like giant rockets, waiting for the count-down. But, instead of lighting them from below, I imagined a point of ignition from above, where they might be set off by a friendly train of stars, flying in from an open window. What does...
There’s much more to Shabbat than the food.
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