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Jacqueline Nicholls was one of the exhibitors in 'Schmatte Couture' (2008), curated for Ben Uri at the Rivington Gallery, Shoreditch featuring 16 international contemporary artists dealing with issues surrounding clothing, memory, gender and identity. 'Maternal Torah (Torat Imecha)', together with Nicholls’ related work, 'The Yeshiva Inside (Yeshiva Bifnim)', merges the forms of a corset and a Sefer Torah (scroll) cover. Jewish tradition sees the Torah as a feminine object. These corset/Torah hybrids explore this concept by highlighting the womanly aspects of the cover, as well as the beauty and constraints of Halacha (Jewish Law). 'The Yeshiva Inside' is a ‘pregnant’ Sefer Torah cover, inspired by a Talmudic passage that describes a foetus being taught Torah in the womb; at birth, forgetting what it has learnt, it spends its life trying to remember.
Title
Maternal Torah
Date
2008
Medium
sinamay fabric
Measurements
H 60 x W 40 x D 22 cm
Accession number
2009-23
Acquisition method
presented by the artist, 2008
Work type
Other