{"id":15068,"date":"2015-10-09T00:03:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=15068"},"modified":"2015-10-08T22:57:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T05:57:03","slug":"forest-can-transform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2015\/10\/09\/forest-can-transform\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest can transform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Beyond the Edge by Lori Goldberg\u00a0, part of the exhibit Urban Forest, which opens at the Zack Gallery on Oct. 15.\u00a0<em>(photo from Lori Goldberg)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUrban Forest is a body of work exploring the relationship between urban dwellers and the natural world of the B.C. forest, and tying it into Jewish thought,\u201d artist Lori Goldberg told the<em> Independent<\/em> about her new exhibit at the Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, which opens Oct. 15.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15040\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oct-09-VA.09.Reconstructing-Nature-by-Lori-Goldberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oct-09-VA.09.Reconstructing-Nature-by-Lori-Goldberg.jpg\" alt=\"photo - Reconstructing Nature, acrylic on canvas, by Lori Goldberg\" width=\"275\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oct-09-VA.09.Reconstructing-Nature-by-Lori-Goldberg.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oct-09-VA.09.Reconstructing-Nature-by-Lori-Goldberg-178x300.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/oct-09-VA.09.Reconstructing-Nature-by-Lori-Goldberg-89x150.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reconstructing Nature, acrylic on canvas, by Lori Goldberg. <em>(photo from Lori Goldberg)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The forest affords multiple experiences, which are often dichotomous, she explained, \u201cfreedom and fear spotlight fragments of light and cavernous darks, convoluted winds and soft silences. Trees collide with the sky, providing a protective umbrella that obscures the skyline of the cityscape. Those entering the forest shed layers of urban living as the drone of the city dims, senses awaken to the natural world, the forest breathes and comes to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe paintings are narrative in style and explore the arena of the personal and the collective. Ordinary views and everyday objects come together in discordant co-existence and question the multiple, often contradictory, issues we face as members of a fragmented society disconnected from nature and from self.\u201d In this way, the exhibit evokes the notion of <em>tikkun olam<\/em> (repairing the world), \u201cwhich suggests humanity\u2019s shared responsibility to heal, repair and transform the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg will be in attendance at the Oct. 15 opening, which starts at 7:30 p.m. The exhibit is at the gallery until Nov. 8. To see more of her work, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/lorigoldberg.ca\" target=\"_blank\">lorigoldberg.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the Edge by Lori Goldberg\u00a0, part of the exhibit Urban Forest, which opens at the Zack Gallery on Oct. 15.\u00a0(photo from Lori Goldberg) \u201cUrban Forest is a body of work exploring the relationship between urban dwellers and the natural world of the B.C. forest, and tying it into Jewish thought,\u201d artist Lori Goldberg told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[4635,4634,40],"class_list":["post-15068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-arts","tag-lori-goldberg","tag-urban-forest","tag-zack-gallery"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}