Thursday, February 03, 2005
Latin-American-Jewish artists!? You bet!
Guatemalan Jaime Permuth and Peruvian Moico Yaker are two Latin American-Jewish artists who create works that zoom in on their unique, multifaceted identities. This month, Yeshiva University Museum is showing 37-year-old Permuth's, "Manhattan Mincha Map," a 34-photograph exhibit of various minchas - small Jewish prayer chapels - around New York. Accompanying Permuth's exhibit is painter Moico Yaker's "Having Trouble to Pray," a series of 60 drawings and paintings dealing with his own struggles with prayer. While many associate Guatemala and Peru with the ancient Maya and Inca civilizations, few people conjure up images of thriving Jewish communities when they think of these Latin American countries. But such communities do exist, and they have produced two gifted artists.
Guatemalan Jaime Permuth and Peruvian Moico Yaker are two Latin American-Jewish artists who create works that zoom in on their unique, multifaceted identities. This month, Yeshiva University Museum is showing 37-year-old Permuth's, "Manhattan Mincha Map," a 34-photograph exhibit of various minchas - small Jewish prayer chapels - around New York. Accompanying Permuth's exhibit is painter Moico Yaker's "Having Trouble to Pray," a series of 60 drawings and paintings dealing with his own struggles with prayer. While many associate Guatemala and Peru with the ancient Maya and Inca civilizations, few people conjure up images of thriving Jewish communities when they think of these Latin American countries. But such communities do exist, and they have produced two gifted artists.
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