The Liberation of G-d

Helène Aylon

1996

Installation featuring five podiums with an open book and reading light on top of each with open books on the wall behind.
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View of “The Liberation of G-d,” part of an installation titled Trilogy and Epilogue, in which Helène Aylon highlights misogynist passages in the Hebrew Bible and other canonical Jewish religious texts.
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Creator Bio

Helène Aylon

1931–2020

Born in New York, Helène Aylon was an American ecofeminist artist whose works address biological, ecological, and theological concerns, including the omission of women’s roles in Judaism. The recipient of two awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Aylon exhibited her artwork across the United States and was writing a memoir. The Liberation of G-d is part of an installation titled Trilogy and Epilogue, in which Aylon highlights misogynist passages.

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