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Praying At The Wailing Wall "Bablon"

Praying At The Wailing Wall "Bablon"

2018 · Gypsum · 9x12x2"

Babylon: applied pigments on gypsum, the work is inspired by the blue and gold glazed hue that adorned that Babylon gate. The deep blue being reminiscent the semi-precious stone that was revered in antiquity due to its vibrancy. By the middle of the Fourth Century, Christian persecution in Israel caused sages to immigrate to Babylonia. For the first time in nearly 800 years Torah scholarship was concentrated in one area and became were fixed in a formalized lexicon, forming the bulk of the Babylonian Talmud.

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