The 613 By Archie Rand Sun. May 18, 12-4:00 PM

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**PLEASE JOIN US - YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
THIS ONE DAY EVENT**
Sunday, May 18, 2008; 12 Noon - 4:00 p.m.

“THE 613” – AN UNPRECEDENTED 1700 SQ.-FT. WORK OF ART DEPICTING JUDAISM’S PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL LAW WILL BE ON DISPLAY FOR
ONE DAY ONLY IN BROOKLYN

Artist Archie Rand, CUNY Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College,
Will be On Hand to Discuss the Art and its Significance

“The 613” – an unprecedented 1,700 square-foot work of art, (and one of the largest paintings ever made), depicting the Judaic principles of Biblical Law will be on display for one day only on Sunday, May 18, 2008 from 12 noon - 4:00 p.m. at a street-level warehouse in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.

Painted by Archie Rand, the CUNY Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College, this conceptual piece is derived from the text of the Torah. Never before have all 613 commandments been transformed into imagery. Each vivid picture - on its own individual 20” x 16” canvas and painted in a style reminiscent of 1950’s comics and pulp novels are mounted adjacently to construct one enormous painting of potentially varying dimensions. The current installation is15 feet high and 93 feet wide. A reference guide listing the commandments will be available to those who attend.

Rand, one of America’s foremost painters whose art is represented in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, The Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris, The Israel Museum of Jerusalem, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, will be on hand to discuss the significance of the piece.

The warehouse is located at 392 Classon Avenue, on the corner of Classon Avenue and Lexington Avenue, in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, near Pratt Institute. The viewing is free and open to the public.


WHAT: “The 613” – an unprecedented 1,700 square-foot work of art depicting the Judaic principles of Biblical Law will be on display for one day only. The artist, Archie Rand, the CUNY Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College, will be on hand to discuss the significance of the piece.

WHEN: Sunday, May 18, 2008 from 12 noon - 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Warehouse located at 392 Classon Avenue, on the corner of Classon Avenue and Lexington Avenue, in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, near Pratt Institute. The “G” Train goes to the Classon Avenue Station. Buses running on the De Kalb Avenue, Bedford Avenue, Classon Avenue routes, and many other buses are available to the vicinity.

ADMISSION: FREE and open to the public
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MEDIA CONTACT: Kim Esp/Josh Salter (212) 575-4545; [email protected]
Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations
Installation photographs are available for reproduction purposes upon request