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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Naomi Blake, Abraham and Isaac, 1987
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Naomi Blake, Abraham and Isaac, 1987

Naomi Blake 1924-2018

Abraham and Isaac, 1987
resin and fibreglass
48 x 25 x 13 cm
1990-13
© Naomi Blake estate
Photo: Bridgeman images

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Referencing the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, the artist explores themes of love, compassion, faith and sacrifice. Naomi Blake's granddaughter, Lucy Blake, has observed that much of her grandmother's...
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Referencing the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac, the artist explores themes of love, compassion, faith and sacrifice. Naomi Blake's granddaughter, Lucy Blake, has observed that much of her grandmother's work 'focuses on the expression of her experiences, and is principally optimistic. It stands determinedly to help keep alive the legacy of the six million slaughtered Jews, as well as promoting her vision for uniting different faiths, her confidence in humanity and her hope for the future'.
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presented by the artist 1990

Literature

Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 117.
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