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recognizable individuals she admires.
"I completed this painting in 1999
after returning to the theme from time
to time," says Zeldis, who began using
her Hebrew name after living in Israel
and calls upon memories of her
Detroit back yard for her paintings.
"Much earlier, when I was going
through a difficult period of time, I
painted Abraham Lincoln and felt
strengthened. I realized I could paint
other leaders and bring them into my
life in that way.
"I think Martin Luther King Jr. was
one of the great spiritual leaders of our
time, and I'm thrilled to be part of the
exhibit about him. My art comes from
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s the nation celebrates the
spirit and actions of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. on
Jan. 21, Jewish artists join
the tribute through a traveling exhibi-
tion that captures the work, ideals and
impact of this civil rights leader.
"In the Spirit of Martin: The Living
Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
— on view through July 28 at the .
Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American History in Detroit — show-
cases 120 works that were curated by a
ream organized by the Smithsonian
Institution Traveling
Exhibition Service (SITES).
"We contacted thou-
sands of artists, museums
and galleries asking for
images of the man and the
themes he [championed],"
says Gary Chassman, a
consultant who came up
with the idea for the
exhibit and supervised its
development.
"We got 700 submis-
sions over two years and
based our final selections
on the quality of the works
and what they represented.
"Peaceable Kingdom," 1999, Malcah Zeldis (1932),
We found artwork done in
oil on canvas, 30x40 inches.
the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
and 1990s, and about 10 of
other people's lives, and I feel indebted
the artists are Jewish."
Chassman, who is Jewish and.partic- to them. I now have work in more
than 20 museums."
ipated in the civil• rights sit-ins during
Other works completed by Jewish
the 1950s and '60s, came up with the
artists capture the drama and immedi-
idea after reflecting on American
acy of King's civil rights initiatives as
heroes. Once into the project, he
they were carried out and as they
searched for artwork completed in
affected the nation. Often, the artwork
many media.
was part of journalistic assignments
He believes that the civil rights
commissioned by newspapers and
movement led by King holds a strong
magazines.
resonance with tolerance issues con-
These pieces include Harvey
fronted by Jews over the centuries.
Dinnerstein's drawing of a bus boycott
Malcah Zeldis, 72, who grew up in
in the South, Leonard Freed's pho-
Detroit under the name Mildred
tograhic studies of the Ku Klux Klan,
Brightman, is represented by her
Jeffrey Moss' oil painting of a bus as a
painting Peaceable Kingdom, which is
slave ship, Ben Shahn's portrait of King
filled with biblical and modern figures
done for the cover of Time magazine,
who stand for understanding among
Robert Frank's photo of a segregated
people of different backgrounds.
bus, Jack Levine's painting of snarling
A self-taught artist who lived in
dogs trying to reach black boys, Dan
Israel during the 1950s and now
Weiner's photo of King addressing a
makes her home in New York, Zeldis
church meeting and Harry Gottlieb's
finds personal inspiration by painting
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