Artist and curator Glenn Sujo was born in Argentina and now lives in London. He is a founding member of the Faculty of the Prince’s Drawing School. Since his first solo exhibition, Histories, in 1982, Sujo’s many exhibitions have included Legacies of Silence: The Visual Arts and Holocaust Memory (Imperial War Museum, London, 2001). His work is found in many collections, including the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This silver plate from Padua, Italy, was made for use in the brit milah, the circumcision ritual celebrated when a baby boy is eight days old. In this detailed depiction of the ritual, the baby seems…
Music with a light Israeli/jazz groove starts playing. The percussions play along the scene in a question and answer routine as if they were the immigration officer Inquiehush meets…
Józef Awin’s reconstruction of the synagogue in the Old Cemetery of Lwów/L’viv, featured here, reflects his clean geometricity and appreciation for Galician wooden synagogue architecture. The cemetery…