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Visual Art

Collage the Haggadah

By
Emily Marbach
Emily Marbach
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Issue 21
March 10, 2024
Header image by Emily Morbach.
Variety
Visual Art
Issue 21
Collage the Haggadah

The Haggadah has always been an object that sparked creativity. For centuries Jewish artists have been inspired by the rituals of the Seder, the conversations of the rabbis, the objects and animals in the songs, and the season of spring. I am one in a long line of artists who have used the Haggadah as the diving board to plunge into the visual sea. What started with a few plagues and some ancestors, soon blossomed into collages about all aspects of the text.

The artwork below stems from my self-published book the Collage Haggadah.

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“Burning Bush”
“Frogs”
“Aaron”
“Test Seder Table”
No items found.

Emily Marbach

Emily Marbach is an American figurative collagist living in London. Most notably she has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions for two summers running. In the past several years, Emily’s collages have appeared in books such as Collage Care and Collage Your Life and in Contemporary Collage Magazine. In May 2022, Emily had her first solo exhibition at Slash Arts Gallery. Last year Emily was a finalist in the Women United Art Prize. A pair of Emily’s collages were also part of the “Allegories, Renditions, and A Small Nation of Women" at the Yale University Divinity School. And in September 2021, she exhibited the Hidden Identity Project’s Sky of Stars at the Bulgarian Embassy’s gallery in September 2021. Emily published the Collage Haggadah, which includes over seventy figurative collages and a new translation of the text by the artist.

  • Emily Marbach

    Emily Marbach is an American figurative collagist living in London. Most notably she has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions for two summers running. In the past several years, Emily’s collages have appeared in books such as Collage Care and Collage Your Life and in Contemporary Collage Magazine. In May 2022, Emily had her first solo exhibition at Slash Arts Gallery. Last year Emily was a finalist in the Women United Art Prize. A pair of Emily’s collages were also part of the “Allegories, Renditions, and A Small Nation of Women" at the Yale University Divinity School. And in September 2021, she exhibited the Hidden Identity Project’s Sky of Stars at the Bulgarian Embassy’s gallery in September 2021. Emily published the Collage Haggadah, which includes over seventy figurative collages and a new translation of the text by the artist.

The Haggadah has always been an object that sparked creativity. For centuries Jewish artists have been inspired by the rituals of the Seder, the conversations of the rabbis, the objects and animals in the songs, and the season of spring. I am one in a long line of artists who have used the Haggadah as the diving board to plunge into the visual sea. What started with a few plagues and some ancestors, soon blossomed into collages about all aspects of the text.

The artwork below stems from my self-published book the Collage Haggadah.

‍

“Burning Bush”
“Frogs”
“Aaron”
“Test Seder Table”
No items found.

Emily Marbach

Emily Marbach is an American figurative collagist living in London. Most notably she has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions for two summers running. In the past several years, Emily’s collages have appeared in books such as Collage Care and Collage Your Life and in Contemporary Collage Magazine. In May 2022, Emily had her first solo exhibition at Slash Arts Gallery. Last year Emily was a finalist in the Women United Art Prize. A pair of Emily’s collages were also part of the “Allegories, Renditions, and A Small Nation of Women" at the Yale University Divinity School. And in September 2021, she exhibited the Hidden Identity Project’s Sky of Stars at the Bulgarian Embassy’s gallery in September 2021. Emily published the Collage Haggadah, which includes over seventy figurative collages and a new translation of the text by the artist.

  • Emily Marbach

    Emily Marbach is an American figurative collagist living in London. Most notably she has exhibited at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions for two summers running. In the past several years, Emily’s collages have appeared in books such as Collage Care and Collage Your Life and in Contemporary Collage Magazine. In May 2022, Emily had her first solo exhibition at Slash Arts Gallery. Last year Emily was a finalist in the Women United Art Prize. A pair of Emily’s collages were also part of the “Allegories, Renditions, and A Small Nation of Women" at the Yale University Divinity School. And in September 2021, she exhibited the Hidden Identity Project’s Sky of Stars at the Bulgarian Embassy’s gallery in September 2021. Emily published the Collage Haggadah, which includes over seventy figurative collages and a new translation of the text by the artist.