THE GOLEM OF CHURCH STREET
by David Sokol
June 26th to August 9th, 2008

Opening Reception: June 26th, 2008, 5-8PM
Kasini House, 64 North Street, Burlington, VT

In the tradition of Honore Daumier and Francisco Goya, David Sokol uses printmaking as a means of reflection and comment on a new and emerging anti-Semitism. In words and images, the artist reflects upon social, political, and cultural phenomena that objectify the new anti-Semitism. From Farfour the Martyr Mouse to Jimmy Carter’s relationship with Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, Sokol uses satire and caricature, humor, sadness, and irony to nudge the reader into thinking about these complex issues.

On view at Kasini House are prints from the book and other work by David Sokol. The book, The Golem of Church Street, contains twenty-four prints each accompanied by text. The sixty-page book is printed in full color. CLICK HERE...to read more about the book.

ABOUT DAVID SOKOL
David Sokol is a printmaker from Burlington, Vermont. Born in Verona, New Jersey in 1947, David Sokol grew up in a suburban town of Jewish and Italian immigrants. In 1965, he went to Goddard College in Vermont and then to Sonoma State University in California where he joined the emerging field of Humanistic Psychology. Upon earning a Master’s degree he returned to Vermont, where he practiced for over twenty-five years. Sokol took up art seriously in 1998 and has been working as a full-time artist since 2003. He studied printmaking with Hiroki Morinoue and Jeera Rattanangkoon at the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture in Holualoa, Hawaii and David Curcio of Ningyo Editions in Watertown, Massachusetts.

The public is invited to attend an Opening Reception on Thursday, June 26th, from 5PM to 8PM.

Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday from Noon to 6PM and Saturday from 10AM to 4PM.