HYBRIDArtist Talk With Hannah Altman

March 20, 2025 Waltham Free
Hannah Altman
Hannah Altman (Courtesy photo)

In “As It Were, Suspended in Midair,” Hannah Altman’s photographs examine how Jewish myths are shared, inherited, and reshaped across the diaspora. Altman draws from Yiddish literature and Jewish mystical texts as she situates her female protagonists in lush landscapes and fraught interiors. Animated by sunlight, their postures, gestures, environments, and ritual objects foreshadow abundance and danger. Their mere presence threatens dominant narratives grounded in patriarchal tradition. Layering symbols and allusions, Altman builds a world that recasts and transforms Jewish ritual and folklore toward the world ahead.

Hannah Altman is a Jewish-American artist from New Jersey and based in Boston. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her photographs portray lineage, folklore, memory, and narrative. Her work has been exhibited at major museums and galleries. Her first photo book, “Kavana” (2020, Kris Graves Projects), is housed in permanent collections including the MoMa Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas J Watson Library. Her new monograph, “We Will Return to You” (2025), is published by Saint Lucy Books.

Exhibition dates: Feb. 13 to June 12 at Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University.

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When
Thursday, March 20, 2025, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
515 South St
Waltham, MA 02453
Price
Free

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