Philadelphia–born American artist William Anastasi is revered as a pioneer of both Conceptual and Minimal Art. Among his best-known works are Sink (1963), Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony (1965), and Six Sites (1966–1967), all of which anticipated and inspired trends in modern art. Solo exhibitions of his work have been organized by P.S.1, New York (1977), Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (1979), the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1979 and 1981), and the Nikolaj—Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center (2001).
The Bible tells us that from the heights
Moses blessed the children of Israel,
showing them God’s Promised Land,
where Moses himself never entered.
Like ships passing by when land is in sight
so…
The Torah ark in the synagogue of Mariampol was surmounted by tablets of the law flanked by rampant lions and topped with a crown, with hands making the priestly blessing. After World War II, Soviet…
Now that the cup of poison is broken, there is no way out but to drink the cup of sorrows. . . .
My affirmation of life demanded that I should dedicate all the powers…