I Thought We Were Friends
I HATE THE NAME KENNETH at the Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum, New York, presents Ken Aptekar discussing his work on view in the Permanent Collection: I Hate the Name Kenneth (1996) in a video produced for the museum in 2008. In this work Ken Aptekar juxtaposes text and images to explore aspects of his own family, identity, and personal beliefs. According to the museum’s statement, “his complex work…
I hear an echo
Ken Aptekar, I hear an echo, 2020 Nine panels, oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts, 96″ x 96″, [after Orazio Gentileschi’s Young Woman with a Violin (Saint Cecelia) (1612), Collection: Detroit Institute of Art] Collection of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI TEXT ON GLASS: 1959. I sit spellbound next to my parents…