Moses and the Burning Bush
Artist:
John Alexander
(American, born 1945)
Date: 1980
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
110 × 90 in. (279.4 × 228.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Marilyn O. Lubetkin
Object number: 92.122
Copyright: © John Alexander
Label Text
The Texas-born artist John Alexander made this painting a year after he moved to New York City from Houston. Inspired by the bucolic landscape of his childhood in East Texas, it includes the realistic depiction of flora and fauna. However, Alexander’s energetic application of paint evokes the gestural techniques of the Abstract Expressionists.
The title of this work refers to the biblical narrative (from Exodus, Old Testament) during which Moses was appointed by God, who appeared to him in a burning bush, to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan, freeing them from oppression. The symbol of the burning bush is one of endurance and protection, as the bush was aflame but not consumed by the fire.
(Lana Meador, 2017)
The title of this work refers to the biblical narrative (from Exodus, Old Testament) during which Moses was appointed by God, who appeared to him in a burning bush, to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan, freeing them from oppression. The symbol of the burning bush is one of endurance and protection, as the bush was aflame but not consumed by the fire.
(Lana Meador, 2017)
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