AGJA Blog
Shoshannah Brombacher
Art makes the world within the artist visible.
Classical music, poetry, Jewish and Chassidic stories, traveling, the love for people and memories of eras gone but not forgotten, cities where I lived and worked, like Amsterdam, Berlin, Jerusalem, New York, or visited like Prague and Sicily, are the main ingredients of my art.
My art is like the water of the canals of my native Amsterdam, Rembrandts city, the deeper you look into it, the more you see. A reflection of a reflection of a reflection…look, what you see is not what you see.
My art contains texts and letters, lets writing come alive, and reflects my deep connection with the Dutch 17th century Masters, German expressionism, Russian art and medieval miniatures.
My art is also a tribute to music and the world of the great Chassidic masters of Eastern Europe. The Kotzker Rebbe listened to a Chassidic storyteller in the street and stated:
He told what he wanted and I heard what I needed.
That is Art.
Yosef and his brothers. Three artistic interpretations
It is not enough that an artist has good skills handling his our her tools, like brushes, chisels, a weaving-loom, clay, or whatever medium they work with, and it’s not enough that they are good at making compositions or combine colors and the like, though this is, of course, indispensable for good art.
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Purim 2024
I once made a circle drawing for a calendar, the month of Adar 1.
This is a month full of symbolism like a pomegranate with seeds. I started with this sketch, like all the oftener artwork shown in this article in India ink and pastel on paper
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A modern Shiviti. Old wine in a new jug, or: an old text on a new canvas
A Jewish artist faces many challenges. Some come involuntary, like the political situation in the world, the terrible war in the Middle East, and growing antisemitism. This weighs me down, depresses and restricts me in more than one way, but I cannot escape them. Other challenges, however, I embrace.
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