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Perspectives: The White City
Through June 22, 2012
These photos by Carol Bishop and Susan Horowitz examine the Modernist legacy of Tel Aviv’s White City architecture. Their images excavate the foundations and spirit of the original vision of the city when the 1930’s International Style of architecture was adopted to create a new urban environment. Today these buildings eloquently speak of the complex issues of history, culture, form, restoration and possibility—both a testimony to the original plan, as well as a profile on change. Together, the artists reveal issues and ideas about the current look and meaning of the White City. Bishop’s photos focus on the changes of the Modernist legacy through the color and light of the city. Horowitz’s work looks at the issues of preservation, what is lost and what still exists. The White City was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003.

The Artists: Carol Bishop and Susan Horowitz are Los Angeles-based artists who create photographs related to architecture, which open dialogues about design issues, urban life and contemporary culture. As artists whose work often focuses on architectural modernism in L.A. including the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, Rudolf Schindler, etc. they seek to find connections to structures around the world. The forms and ideas of these and other Modernists, such as Le Corbusier and the Bauhaus architects, inspired separate trips to explore and document their reactions to the White City.

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Catalogs and prints are for sale, part of which benefits JFGSB.

Mountains Forever, six etchings printed on archival paper, 1985, generously donated to the Federation’s “Art at the JCC” by the artist, Erika Kahn, in honor of Federation’s service to our community and to the Jewish people world wide. Inquiries accepted.
Mountains Forever, six etchings printed on archival paper, 1985, generously donated to the Federation’s “Art at the JCC” by the artist, Erika Kahn, in honor of Federation’s service to our community and to the Jewish people world wide. Inquiries accepted.

Don Zimmerman 1st Place, At Sunrise, Photopolymer Etching on Digital Print
Yessy Kim 2nd Place, Abstraction with Formation, Monotype
Patricia Post, Honorable Mention, Aware, Solar Plate Etching with Chine Colle
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Joyce Wilson 3rd Place, Ancient Forest, Photopolymer
Karen Brown, Honorable Mention, Century's Flight, Linocut, Chine Colle, carbon transfer
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About Art at the JCC

Eli Luria sketchArtist and collector Eli Luria (z"l) launched Art at the JCC in 1999 to provide high-caliber, strongly-themed exhibits for the Santa Barbara community. The exhibit openings often feature gallery talks and panels with artists, curators and collectors that draw lively crowds.

Art at the JCC is a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. Through its exhibition and outreach programs, Art at the JCC honors and shares the universality of Jewish values, history and culture through various forms of artistic expression. The purpose of Art at the JCC is to provide Central Coast and other artists from all disciplines, the opportunity to bring their work to the Santa Barbara community. Because art is a universal language, our programs will cross all boundaries of religion, race, gender and age, and strive to maintain communication. Its mission is to promote identification and connectedness to the Jewish community and the community at large.

Gallery Hours Monday-Thursday 9-5; Friday 9-3:30
Please call in advance of your visit, as the gallery is often used for classes and events.


Click here to read about past Art at the JCC shows.