Tikkun Ha-Olam, Finding Home Series #46

Tikkun Ha-Olam (Repair of the World) is from Benjamin’s Finding Home series, in which the Bombay-born Jewish artist raises questions about what and where “home” is, while addressing issues such as identity, immigration, motherhood, and the role of art in social change. She has written that not being able to establish deep roots anywhere has pulled her toward “a seductive spiritual borderland,” where she mixes iconography from different artistic traditions. In this picture, the arms of the blue-skinned Hindu goddess Kali are transformed into the arms of a menorah.