This month’s Oculus column features a painting by Judith Kaufman Weiner, a founding   member of the shul’s Judaism and the Arts group. The work, titled “Pandemic Windows,” opens multiple windows into private worlds explored from the vantage point of the pandemic. 

      Each window functions within a defined framework to identify a separate search, exploration and ultimate discovery. The artist asks, “Is this life imitating art, or art imitating life?”

“Pandemic Windows,” a 36” x 36” acrylic and oil stick on canvas, is one of several  paintings by the artist to be mounted in a June show at ilon Art Gallery, 204 West 123rd Street in Harlem. This piece will be available in real time and also as an NFT (non-fungible token). 

      An NFT is a unique crypto-asset on a blockchain (digital ledger) that can be offered, acquired and collected. The blockchain is an immutable record of the piece, from its creation as an NFT and all subsequent transactions. Photo by the artist. 

      Visit the NFT shop and gallery at https://www.ilonart-gallery.com/.