Tobi Kahn Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century
Edited by Ena Giurescu Heller, Executive Director of MOBIA; essay by David Morgan, Professor of Religion at Duke University; contributions by Rabbi Daniel Sperber, Klaus Ottman, Jeff Edwards and Nessa Rapoport
Published by GILES in association with The Museum of Biblical Art, New York
Publish Date — October 2009 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 112 pages, 280 x 240 mm (9 ½ x 11 in.), portrait
Illustrations — 50 colour and 6 b & w illustrations
Hardback price — UK£29.95/US$39.95
ISBN — 1-904832-64-4
ISBN — 978-1-904832-64-5
Book Details (pdf) — Tobi-Kahn-AI-LR.pdf
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Publication accompanies an exhibition Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century running October 16, 2009 through January 24, 2010 at the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA), New York
This show, which focuses on both Kahn’s large 6’ x 4’ canvasses and his three dimensional architectural works for private spiritual spaces, will be an important milestone in appraising the development of his work over the past two decades
About the Book
The volume and accompanying exhibition discuss the creation of sacred space in the 21st century, examining 28 works by Tobi Kahn including his recent commission for Congregation Emau-El B'ne Jeshrun in Milwaukee. Each work is accompanied by a Meditation by novelist and poet Nessa Rapoport.
From large canvasses with biomorphic forms to three-dimensional pieces such as the art nouveau-influenced thrones, Kahn’s work has a presence that is immediately striking, and his reputation has grown steadily since his inclusion in the Guggenheim’s New Horizons in American Art show in 1985.
Much of Kahn’s art, especially his landscapes, is ambiguously abstract, inviting the viewer to project onto it their own ideas, feelings and desires. Acting as aids to contemplation, they can be seen as building on the work of Romantic artists who sought to capture the majesty of nature and imbue it with divine resonance.
