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For ABC Wednesday, K is for Kollek and Kapoor.
(There is more about Kapoor's sculpture in two previous posts.)
To quote the Israel Museum plaque (and no, their signage never uses capitals):
Here in Israel last week, and again yesterday at his White House seder Pesach, President Obama spoke often about the Jewish imperative of tikkun olam:turning the world upside down, jerusalem, 2010anish kapoor, born India 1954, active londonstainless steelcommissioned in memory of teddy kollekfounder and father of the israel museummayor of jerusalem for 28 yearsas a tribute for his vision for the museum
every person must do their part in fixing the world.
And I say that looking at our world in the usual way seldom gives us a clue as to how to make that repair.
In order to see things not as they are but as they should be, we need to be turning the world upside down.
Looking at challenges from a completely different angle, is this not called "having vision"?
Kapoor's tall polished steel hourglass inverts everything, brings heaven down to earth, elevates the earthly Jerusalem.
If you would like to see what brought our Israeli students to cheers, applause, and standing ovations, President Obama's now-famous speech is here.
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I can see that Kapoor's tall polished steel hourglass inverts everything, bringing heaven down to earth. But I wonder what the connection to the wonderful Teddy Kolleck is. Presumably Kolleck changed the world, for the better, through his own amazing efforts.
ReplyDeleteinteresting thing about the lack of capitalization
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
As always, you have done your part in trying to make the world a better place. Inspirational post about inspirational people, events, and ideas!
ReplyDeleteVery special sculpture !
ReplyDeleteGattina
ABC Wednesday
Tikkin olam is one of my favourite ethical practices in Judaism.
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful sculpture.
Interesting Artwork, Dina, I would like to see it closer.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of Anish Kapoor. I have seen many of his works at the London's parks.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that the president's trip to Israel had good results. There's so much tension everywhere in the world.
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