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Michal Rovner: Esther Scrolls
Michal Rovner
Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115
Mon 11am–5pm, Tue Closed, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–9pm, Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 10am–5pm
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About
The 2,500-year-old story of Esther unfurls across handwritten Hebrew scrolls, called _megillahs_, which are unrolled as they are read. Michal Rovner researched historic _megillahs_ and created two contemporary vertical scrolls in response to the Esther story. Through both video projection and print, the Israeli American multimedia artist reinterpreted a tradition centuries old, meditating on Esther's bravery and what her story reveals about the human condition across time.