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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Supernova

I call this picture Supernova because of its explosion of warm colors away from the cool center. "Supernovae are exploding stars. They represent the very final stages of evolution for some stars. Supernovae explosions release tremendous amounts of energy, about 1020 times as our Sun releases every second. Our Sun, fortunately, will not end its life as a supernova. Currently,… 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… more

Flower Sefirot

I used flowers to represent the Sefirot in this Tree of Life Diagram. Although an Aleph cannot be seen in this picture, its presence can be felt in this ‘Slanted Sefirot’ motif where the red higher Sefirot hint at the Heavens; the blue lower Sefirot hint at Earth; and the yellow diagonal hints at the Air that is between them.

The Seven Days of Creation

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

Microkosmic

This pictures looks like something one might see under a microscope, thus the title - Microkosmic. To me it looks like cells that have a fractal nature - self-similar but in different sizes. Some of the cells also contain several smaller self-similar cells. The round shapes also evoke a coronavirus, that is challenging our planet in 2020.

Meditating on a Burning Lamp

"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

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;… more

The Infinite Aleph

The Letter Aleph א (which is hidden in this picture) - the figure 8 - the symbol for Infinity - and the 4 Letters of the Holy Name YHVH are all related to each other. Traditionally, א Aleph is said to be comprised of 3 smaller Hebrew Letters - 2 Yods and a Vav. The large yellow section that divides this picture diagonally is the Vav (Gematria 6). Emerging from the middle of this… 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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