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The mezuzah holds a tiny Torah scroll and is affixed to the door frame of a Jewish home. Saitowitz was quick to discuss how Judaism has an uncommon comfort with abstraction, thus the ease with which he fits ritual objects into a modernist idiom. "Concepts govern our laws and actions," he says. Stanley Saitowitz, Mezuzah, 2010, chrome plated aluminum, 1.5 x .375 x 4.5 inches. Artist rendering. Fabrication by MG Mcgrath Inc. Courtesy of the artist.
The mezuzah holds a tiny Torah scroll and is affixed to the door frame of a Jewish home. Saitowitz was quick to discuss how Judaism has an uncommon comfort with abstraction, thus the ease with which he fits ritual objects into a modernist idiom. "Concepts govern our laws and actions," he says. Stanley Saitowitz, Mezuzah, 2010, chrome plated aluminum, 1.5 x .375 x 4.5 inches. Artist rendering. Fabrication by MG Mcgrath Inc. Courtesy of the artist.