Kosmic Kabbalah Art

What is Kosmic Kabbalah Art?

The word 'cosmos' refers to the physical universe seen as an orderly harmonious Whole. The original Greek word 'Kosmos' however, refers to the Whole of all existence - in all realms - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The Hebrew word Kabbalah refers to the ancient mystical teachings that describe the Kosmos as an orderly harmonious Whole.

The teachings and much of the artwork presented on this site deal with Kosmic themes that are based on the Kabbalah: Infinity, Eternity, Kosmogeny, Holy Names, Mandalas, Sacred Geometry, Fractals, and Sefirotic Maps of the Kosmos (Tree of Life Diagrams).

All of the Giclee prints on canvas as well as all the prints on paper are hand-signed. The canvas prints can be stretched and framed without glass. The paper prints should be framed with glass.

There are some new pictures that are only now available as Giclee prints on canvas. To view them go to 'New Works' under the 'Artworks by Subject' heading.

Artworks

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Chaos and Order

To create this picture I first put down many layers of acrylic paint in a random chaotic pattern of brush strokes without any intentional plan or order. Then I put down horizontal stripes of acrylic paint watered-down until it is transparent. Chaos always underlies Order. Chaos is also bigger and more interesting than Order. The Kabbalah teaches about the Primordial World of Chaos that was… more

The Abuhav Synagogue

The Abuhav Synagogue is one of the most beautiful synagogues in Safed. Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav was a leader of the Spanish Jewish community expelled from Spain in 1492. He died on his way to the Holy Land. The synagogue was built by his students to house his personal Torah scroll which is still read three times a year. A legend claims that this synagogue was actually built in Spain before the… more

Ten Sefirot of Nothingness

In Sefer Yetzirah the 10 Sefirot are always referred to as Sefirot of Nothingness בלימה (blimah). Unlike the 22 Letters which can be expressed in speech, the10 Sefirot are conceptual, perceived in the mind. And so are numbers. This image depicts the 10 Sefirot as a Tree of Life Diagram with 3 vertical columns. It representsthe human form as a reflection of the Divine… more

The Sefer Yetzirah Motherboard

Most of the concepts that are presented in Sefer Yetzirah appear in this image. The 22 Hebrew Letters and 10 Numbers (Sefirot) are said to be the building blocks of Creation, It is not so different from the letters and numbers that represent the building blocks of matter in the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the subatomic particle Zoo. Because this picture looks like the motherboard of a… more

Grove of Olive Trees

There is a small grove of ancient olive trees outside of Zefat. It is about a fifteen-minute walk from my house, after two or three hairpin turns on the dirt road that goes down to Wadi Amud. I used to like to sit in this grove surrounded by these ancient trees and meditate or study Kabbalah. These trees were certainly here when Rabbi Isaac Luria was in Zefat in the 16th Century, and maybe he… more

Yin-Yang Aleph

The idea non-duality is found in many spiritual traditions. In this picture I fused the Hebrew letter א Aleph with the Chinese Yin-Yang symbol. Both symbols represent non-duality or the unification of opposites: Heaven and Earth, Hot and Cold, Masculine and Feminine, Outside and Inside, etc. The small circles inside both halves represent how there is Feminine is the Masculine; and Masculine… more

Mandala Number 8

This geometric picture is based on the number 8. I play with the shape of 8 in several pictures - see the Infinite 8; and the Infinite Aleph. 8 represents the Infinite One that is beyond Space and Time. The High Priests in the Tabernacle and Temple would wear 8 vestments - 4 white line and 4 elaborately spun with gold thread. Numbers in Time is Music. Many traditional and modern songs are in… more

Psalms Chapter One

In this picture is the entire first chapter of the Book of Psalms. It begins in the center and continues counterclockwise outwards. It is quite hard to read even for fluent Hebrew speakers because the letters flow into each other. It is inspired by the lettering found on 60's album covers and concert posters. "Fortunate is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in… more

THE ARTIST DAVID FRIEDMAN

I immigrated to Israel in 1977 at the age of 20, and spent two years studying Torah in Jerusalem, where I met my wife, Miriam. We got married in 1979 and moved to Zefat.

In Zefat, I mostly immersed myself in the study of the Talmud and other classic texts of Judaism as well as Kabbalah, but I continued to make art at night.

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