Karen Kassap: Is a collage artist who is inspired by the 31st Proverb, “A Woman of Valor” אֵשֶׁת חַֽיִל and the struggle between the freedom and the confinement of idealized feminine power. Metaphors and leitmotifs become the keys to unlock female strength and independence.
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Released My Eye from Slumber's Shade
Mixed Media Collage 18” x 23”
At Morning 1: …You have once again released my eye From slumber’s shade So it can freely perceive the beauty of nature And awaken me to renewed energy and purpose, To a new delight in life and in love. Fanny Neuda
Blessed is this hallowed space!
Diptych inspired by nature and Fanny Neuda, daily prayer. Each panel is 18” x 24”
Blessed is this hallowed space! Here is where the Holy One dwells and reigns. Here I behold the glory of the Almighty, Whose majesty hovers around me And I am embraced by the holiness of Gd. Fanny Neuda
For a Bride on Her Wedding Day
I know that from now on my life will assume another form; That I am accepting new sacred duties, that are difficult to fulfill; And that the life I am about to enter will be uneven and uncertain. (Fanny Neuda)
Building A Life. 24" x 32"
Building A Life
Material: Mixed Media Collage. Dimensions: 24” x 32” For A Bride her Wedding Day: My life will assume another form, That I am accepting new, sacred duties That are often difficult to fulfill, And that the life I a about to enter Will be uneven and uncertain… (Fanny Neuda)
Patience and Strength in Adversity
Dimensions 24” x 18”
My soul searches for you, to unburden her great woe, To lament and pour out my sorrow. …May you, O Gd find me worthy of your mercy and open the gates of joy and good fortune to me, Open the hour of rescue, the hour of deliverance, So my eye may shed tears not of sorrow But of joy and thanksgiving. Amen. (Fannie Neuda)
Cry Out 11" x 14"
Often, I’ve wanted to rage against my fate. I’ve wanted to cry out against the Almighty . . . That I never allow pain and sorrow To discourage or embitter me so That I treat others with impatience or disrespect, Or that I fail to be grateful… So my eye may shed tears not of sorrow But of joy and thanksgiving. Amen (Fanny Neuda)
14” x 11”
Challah is Taken I. 11"x 14"
הפרשת חלה
Challah is Taken II 11" x 14"
Hafrashat Challah or taking Challah is a personal and spiritual way to “do something” when the world feels upside down.
This pious custom reminds me Not only of our people’s past —…But also that even today We can bring Gd-pleasing offerings To the altar of love and humanity.
Lighting Candles הדלקת נרות
הדלקת נרות One of the three special responsibilities of Jewish women, lighting candles to welcome the holidays, baking challah and making a special offering, and Needah the observance of family purity to encourage bearing children.
Needah I (family purity and the ritual bath) נדה הטיבלה
Needah II (family purity and the ritual bath)
A Prayer for Healing. Mixed media collage 24" x 30"
From my painful resting place, I lift my eyes to you,…Yet one nod from you alone, The source and wellspring of all life, is enough To return my lost strength to me once more And guide me back again To the warm blossoming richness of life To which I am attached By a thousand precious holy threads.
Purim - Chose ָA Young Woman
Jubilation and joy fill the hearts of your people today, … And through whom did you accomplish This great and wonderful deliverance? You, O Gd, chose a young woman for your messenger, For an instrument of your people’s redemption, That all the world might learn How great you are also in little things, How your power works also in gentleness, How that which seems pwerless Turnstriumphant and mighty in your hand, And how that which is tender and humbel Is revealed to be strong and sublime. Through your miraculous redemption We may also know and accept wholeheartedly that no matter how modest our means, We are nevertheless commsiioned by you To do good for the benefit and blessing of others. ( Fanny Neuda)
Kriah
A tear in the fabric of the world
$850
Tikun Olam 1
A tear in the fabric of the world - women’s work to repair it.
$1500