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of Lamentations and includes 
ovals as symbols of overlap-
ping connections.
A mixed media piece about 
12 feet across and including 
nontraditional letterpress 
printmaking and collage, has 
text addressing climate change 
and connects to her interests 
in the “Jerusalem Biennale,” 
which showcases the work of 
200 international artists work-
ing in groups of individuals as 
they react, in various forms of 
artistry, to different themes.
“A suite of prints gives my 
impressions for ‘
Living Under 
Water,’
” says Avadenka, who 
spent three weeks in Venice 
with four other artists to 
create pieces inspired by the 
climate-challenged city as well 
as related commentary by 
Jewish scholars from various 
disciplines.
The experience in Italy 
was sponsored in part by Beit 
Venezia-A Home for Jewish 
Culture in preparation for the 
Jerusalem Biennale.
“There’
s some kind of 
mystery in my work, so when 
viewers see it they’
re actively 
engaged in responding to 
whatever I’
ve created,” says 
Avadenka, whose projects are 
in the permanent collections 
of the Detroit Institute of 
Arts, the Jewish Museum in 
New York and the Museum 

Meermanno in The Hague, 
among other prestigious art 
centers. 
“I did a book years ago 
about the Golem, and that’
s 
part of the exhibition that is 
traveling around the world,” 
Avadenka explains. “It’
s about 
creating another life force and, 
in that way, it’
s kind of an 
introduction to the exhibition 
about artificial intelligence 
now and the ethical issues that 
must be dealt with.”
Avadenka will be a speaker 
at the Charach Gallery exhi-
bition, where seven Metro 
Detroit artists will show 
work on paper and challenge 
notions of paper obsolescence. 
She will offer a series of collag-
es, “Sacred Art: Early Hebrew 
Printing,” inspired 
by the role of 
women in crafting 
religious books.
“Printshops 
were in homes and 
women worked 
beside their hus-
bands and fathers 
under circumstances 
that sometimes 
had them taking 
charge,” explains 
the artist, who will 
go into detail at 2 
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 
17. “The women 
set their names in 
type, and we can see 
this.” 

“An artist works 
alone, but the 
hope is to have 
opportunities 
to share what’s 
created.”

— LYNNE AVADENKA

A journal 
page from
The Book of Venice

 

 

 

 

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