Private View: Yael Roberts, In The Field
Thu 22 Sept
|The Ein Sof Gallery
Join the private view of our new exhibition
Time & Location
22 Sept 2022, 18:00 – 20:00
The Ein Sof Gallery, 1-3 Elliott's Pl, London N1 8HX, UK
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About the event
Ein Sof Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Yael Roberts.
In the field is an exhibition of large scale monoprints and sculptures by Islington based artist Yael Roberts. The work is presented at this particular moment in the Jewish calendar, in the lead up and through the High Holidays, exploring relevant themes of repentance, return, and renewal.
The exhibition speaks to the teaching of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812, Lithuania), that during the Jewish lunar month of Elul, “the King is in the field”. Unlike the rest of the year when the divine is far, in Elul, we have a special chanel to the divine, but only if we leave what we know and go into the field to meet that which will transform us. The work understands this concept literally - we need to go into the wild to find return. In dreams, in…