'Sexuality Spectrum' Exhibit of Jewish Art Starts Discussion at Oklahoma's Sherwin Miller

TULSA WORLD SCENE
By JAMES D. WATTS JR.

“Empty Chairs” by Linda Soberman is made of up of dozens of small metal chairs, some with translucent photographs of people’s faces, that memorializes all the “undesirables” who were killed during the Holocaust.

OKLAHOMA---Judging from the title alone, the new exhibit at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art might seem more than a bit out of the ordinary. Yet Drew Diamond, the museum's executive director, said "The Sexuality Spectrum," a show of works by contemporary Jewish artists that deal with issues of sexuality, identity, persecution and acceptance, is a perfect fit. The Sherwin Miller Museum is the second venue for the show, which was created by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum in New York. The exhibit was inspired by the debates that arose in 2011, when the New York state legislature was considering a bill on marriage equality. [link]

Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art: "The Sexuality Spectrum" (Ends March 2014); 2021 East 71st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma; (918) 492-1818; jewishmuseum.net