HARRATZ
By David Green
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| "Sheitels (that’s Yiddish for wigs)" by Ruth Schreiber at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Courtesy of the artist |
BERLIN---I was waiting in the airport security line for my flight to Berlin when up ahead of me I saw what I assumed was a woman, covered head to toe, save for a slit in her veil exposing her eyes. Was she Jewish? Maybe so. But if there’s one thing I took away from “Cherchez la Femme: Wig, Burqa, Wimple,” a new exhibition I happened upon the next day at the
Jewish Museum in Berlin, it’s that women can have many different reasons for covering up, some of which are a sign of empowerment, not submission – at least not to other people. “
Cherchez la Femme” (on through July 2) examines the subject of women’s head coverings throughout Jewish, Muslim and Christian history, with the emphasis on current practice. [
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| "Soyunma, Undressing" (2006), video art by Nilbar Gures, at the Jewish Museum show. Courtesy of Nilbar Gures, Rampa Istanbul/Jewish Museum, Berlin |
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| "The Lottery of Indecency," by a French artist who calls herself "La Sauvage Jaune," on display at “Cherchez la Femme: Wig, Burqa, Wimple,” at Berlin's Jewish Museum.LaSauvageJaune |
