- Object Name:
- Sukkah Model
- Artist/Maker:
- Allan Wexler
- Bio:
- American, b. 1949
- Title:
- Dining Building with Furniture Touching Earth and Sky (Study for Sukkah)
- Place Made:
- New York, United States
- Date:
- 1988
- Medium:
- Basswood
- Dimensions:
- 12 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 13 in. (31.1 × 26.7 × 33 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Judaica Acquisitions Fund
- Accession Number:
- 1998-85
Not On View
The use of simple, unfinished wood reflects Wexler's interest in everyday materials to create objects of spiritual significance. His interest in temporary architecture made him an idea choice for designing a sukkah that was commissioned by Ronnie and Samuel Heyman for the museum's former sculpture court in 1988. It was this commission that led Wexler to explore the art and architecture of dining, a subject that continues to interest the artist as reflect in his Indoor Sukkah installation for the "Too Jewish?" exhibition. In the artist's own words: "This little building for dining needs to balance on a fine edge between many forces. Between Heaven and Earth, sky and ground, freedom and slavery, God and Man, the Housed and the Homeless, between roots and branches."
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.