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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.


This is a recent abstract painting of mine, acrylic on paper.  I like the play of colors here as well as the feeling of movement and energy. Many of my pictures are about light and colors - which are vibrations of light.  The entire spectrum of visible light is just a small part of electromagnetism which is spoken of in science as electromagnetic 'fields'.  This picture has the… more
In Genesis, God created Adam "in His own Image, in His own Likeness".   However, since we believe that God has no image or likeness, Kabbalists understand this as saying that God makes Himself known to us in our likeness by ‘clothing’ Himself in the 10 Sefirot of Adam Kadmon - associated with the 4 Letters of the Name of God יהוה (YHVH). The 4 Holy Names in this 'Tapestry' are the… more
This is a Geometric picture based on the number 12.  A circle can be seen in the center of this image with a 12-pointed star embedded in it.  There are 12 more circles of the same size surrounding and touching the central circle.  They overlap each other.  The number 12 is an important organizing number in the Kabbalah. In Sefer Yetzirah, the 12 Simple Letters in Time are the… more
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… more
In Sefer Yetzirah, the Seven Doubles in Time are the 7 days of the week - based on the Story of Creation in the Book of Genesis.  The scene in the circle (in the yellow ring) represents the 1st Day of Creation - when God created Light, separated it from the Dark, and “saw that the Light is Good”.  Moving clockwise to the next circle (in the orange ring) represents the 2nd Day - when… more
This Geometric picture evokes a Tree of Life Diagram in that it has a ladder-like feel to it.  Several six-pointed Star of Davids can be seen in it, but when one gazes at its center   it changes and moves almost like a kaleidoscope.  When the mind lets go of analyzing and trying the identify the parts it can quiet and just enjoy the experience of looking at the whole picture… more
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… more
"10 Sefirot of Nothingness: Their end is embedded in their beginning and their beginning is embedded in their end like a flame tied to a burning coal For the Master is Singular, He has no second and before One what do you count?" (Sefer Yetzirah)   A common meditative technique in the Kabbalah is to contemplate the flame of a burning lamp.  Our soul is likened to the energy of the… 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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