VISUAL ART
IF YOU THIRST FOR A HOMELAND by Dafna Kaffeman Trudy Wiesenberger, Curator
Flame-worked glass by Dafna Kaffeman A collaboration between the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection and the Chrysler Museum of Art Trudy Wiesenberger, Curator, Cleveland Israel Arts Connection Carolyn Swan Needell, Ph.D., Curator, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Opening May 22 In Person
Roe Green Gallery Jewish Federation of Cleveland Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Building 25701 Science Park Drive, Beachwood
Israeli born glass artist Dafna Kaffeman has been challenging viewer’s notions about tolerance, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and morality in Europe, the United States, and Scandinavia. Her exquisitely crafted plant specimens, made in flame-worked glass from Israel’s natural world, are combined with embroidered texts. Handkerchiefs, often associated with mourning, are the backdrops for many of the glass plants. Inspired by nature, her pieces convey the complexities of life in Israel. Her work ignites an intellectual and emotional response. Kaffeman began her studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem and received her BFA at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In 2002 she received her MFA from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. She now heads the glass department at Bezalel. Her work has been exhibited in the Corning Museum of Glass, the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
“Sometimes things that aren’t being said are said by not saying anything.” Flame-worked glass, embroidery, handkerchief, 2018
Presented by the Jewish Federation’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection a program of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
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“Jerusalem Sage” Flame-worked glass, embroidery, handkerchief, 2019
