Tobias Kerger
The artist and the untitled stele (2021) Photo: Karl-Heinz Stadtler
He is a student of painting and graphic art in Leipzig and a member of the Jewish Religious Community. His stele is closely linked to the synagogue's past; he took his model from the only known picture of the interior of the synagogue when it was used as a prayer room. The tall white stele is a replica of one of the two side columns of the destroyed Torah shrine. The Star of David is attached to the base of the stele; the upper part shows a human hand holding a candle. For the artist, the candle symbolises hope and loss - giving light and at the same time consuming itself. Through his stele, he has brought destroyed tradition back to life (Translated with DeepL.com).
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