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We look at the piece as a whole, and if the artist happens to be Jewish, well that's just incidental." Sharon Zimmerman, who is the new JCC museum gallery director and curator, said that until the twentieth century, Jewish artists were not creating art in the con- temporary sense. "Many Jews observed a re- ligious prohibition against making art in the graven image of another person," Ms. Zimmerman said. "It wasn't until the birth of the Reform movement that Jew- ish artists branched out to create what is now con- sidered and accepted as fine art." Ms. Zimmerman, who curated shows at the Detroit Artists Market, said as Jews moved away from their Or- thodoxy, so did their art. "It's normal today for Jew- ish themes to be absent from the work of Jewish artists," she said. "Art is a personal expression, each artist decides what he or she needs to address. Not all artists confront their religious beliefs through art anymore." Ms. Zimmerman has spent the last three to four months combing Jewish collectors' homes for this first exhibit. She said that most collectors she met couldn't readily point out which works of art were made by Jewish artists. "In exploring the emo- tional and intellectual motivations of those who col- lect fine art, I didn't find the artist's religion to be a significant reason to buy a piece of artwork," Ms. Zim- merman said. Ms. Zimmerman has selected approximately 80 pieces representing 60 Jew- ish collectors from the Detroit metropolitan area. She said she visited about 100 collectors' homes. "Everybody has some kind of favorite story associated with a piece from their col- lections," Ms. Zimmerman said. "If it wasn't about the piece that got away it was about the extraordinary buy they found or managed to haggle." Ms. Zimmerman said committee members helped develop lists of Jewish col- . lectors. She sent letters and arranged to visit peoples' collections. "I took notes, asked a lot of questions and then came back and processed all the information," she said. "I can still remember every piece I saw and where they are in each home. Huntington Woods artist Janet Kelman hand-painted glass entrance doors to the museum gallery from one of Janice Charach-Epstein's paintings. "I wanted to find really good art by major Jewish contemporary artists, and through those choices bring out what the motivations were in collecting those pieces in the first place," Ms. Zimmerman said. The result is an exhibit of mixed media, with examples •of painting, sculpture and photography from Jewish artists such as Raphael Soyer, Jacques Lipschitz, Milton Avery, Louise Nevelson, Ben. Shahn, Pat Steir, David Salle and Alex Katz. Ms. Zimmerman found most artists' collections very focused. One collector of the photography of Lawrence Weiner agreed to loan a sentence, or statement, he bought from the conceptual artist. The collector liked the sentence, "A force of suffi- cient force to wear through a surface, (i.e. frayed)." Said Mrs. Zimmerman, "As much as I could, I tried to pick pieces that were in keeping with the collectors' general taste and collec- tion. "People told me they bought pieces they just had to have. Most couples said they started collecting as a couple. But I was most impressed with those collec- tors whose art had become the dominant guiding force in their lives." David and Marion Handleman of Bloomfield Hills are such a couple, Ms. Zimmerman said. The Handlemans have agreed to lend two pieces from their collection. "We think of ourselves as colorists," said Mrs. Handleman, who is also chairperson of the gallery's steering committee. "Our taste has always been con- temporary, very abstract. We love the simplicity of it and its clean lines." Mr. and Mrs. Handleman own huge wall paintings by artists Larry Poons and Joan Mitchel. The paintings were so large, the Handlemans had several of their home's picture windows filled in to accommodate their collec- tion. Mrs. Handleman, who is also an artist, said she and her husband used Florence Brooks Barron, a doyenne of the Detroit art scene, when they decorated their homes. "When she (Florence Barron) did a home, she automatically brought art into it," Mrs. Handleman said. "She has influenced many present art collectors and still looks for up-and- coming artists." Mr. Handleman, who sits on the boards of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Cranbrook Educational Community, said he is look- ing forward to the museum's opening. "It has the potential of de- veloping into a very unique place for Jews who want to see what's going on in the Jewish art world, as well as providing wonderful gallery space for the general com- munity to enjoy," Mr. Handleman said. ❑