Solo exhibition · Five Towns, New York

Before and after Eden

Opening: Wednesday, 25 November 2026
8:00 – 11:00 PM
Gallery: Art by Simcha
Address: 311 Central Avenue, Lawrence, NY 11559

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The First Garden. Promise, painting by Golda Koosh from the Before and after Eden series — *The First Garden. Promise*, 90×120 cm – 35×47 in

The works

12 works

The boundary of the Garden
100×120 cm – 39×47 in Everyone is interested in Adam’s fate. I am interested in the fate of Eden as a perfect creation. The garden remains, but it is no longer whole. Within it, a boundary appears between light and density, between stillness and movement. And it is here that the journey begins. View artwork
At the edge of Eden
100×120 cm – 39×47 in Eden is still here, still filled with light, yet the boundary between innocence and knowledge is already beginning to emerge. View artwork
Breath of the Garden
100×120 cm – 39×47 in In this garden, there is no event and no story. Light, water, air, and blossom exist as a single breath, a state in which no separation has yet emerged between humanity and the world. It is an elusive presence of life, dissolved into light and the reflections upon the water. Deep within the garden, faint human figures can barely be discerned. They do not become the protagonists of the painting, nor do they separate themselves from the surrounding space. Their presence dissolves into the air of the garden, where the human being still remains part of a single living world. This work speaks of harmony before separation, of a moment when everything is still connected through the shared breath of light, water, and earth. View artwork
In Search of the Lost Light
100×120 cm – 39×47 in This work is about people continuing to search for light after its loss. The figures move through water and mist, connected by invisible threads of memory, fear, and hope. They still remember the complete harmony of Eden, yet can no longer return to it. The garden remains, a memory of light still sensed behind the density of air and water. The work also evokes an association with tashlich: the movement toward the water becomes an attempt to release the weight of the past and find a path toward purification once again. It is a state of humanity after the loss of Eden. The way forward is still unclear, yet the memory of light continues to guide them through the mist. View artwork
Pardes. Unseen
120×90 cm – 47×35 in The garden has not vanished. It has slipped beyond our sight. Once, there was Eden, a realm without choice, where harmony and joy were inherent. Now, there is only motion. The ground offers no guidance; the gaze no longer recognizes. We move without origin, without destination. View artwork
Along the River Prat
100×100 cm – 39×39 in The expulsion from Eden marks a turning point—an irreversible shift in the human story. Harmony dissolves, and in its place emerges a world shaped by rupture and loss. Yet within this fracture lies a beginning: a life without a prescribed path. View artwork
Memory of Water
120×90 cm – 47×35 in This work is connected to Eden, a state of unity between water, light, air, and living presence. The river remembers. Water holds traces of a world that had not yet been divided: light before language, movement without fear, silence in which the human being was still part of nature rather than separated from it. The surface constantly oscillates between reflection and disappearance, as if the image itself dissolves within memory. This is the memory of a world before separation became final. View artwork
The Elusive Garden
90×180 cm – 35×71 in It is impossible not to lose Eden. First, the boundaries disappear. Then the outlines. Light merges with air, air with flowers, and the flowers become a memory. We try to hold on to perfection, but it does not belong to us. The tighter we cling to it, the faster it slips away. Eden remains a memory, a longing for a lost unity. View artwork
The Dissolving Garden
100×120 cm – 39×47 in You can forget the way home, to peace and lightness. You can stop recognizing its contours. You can search for it in distant lands, in other people’s words, in new places. View artwork
The First Garden. Promise
90×120 cm – 35×47 in This is the very first garden, a world before the appearance of humanity, before history and choice. Yet at the same time, it is the Land of Israel, where we already stand. We are within that same garden, witnessing its radiance, both as a reflection of the primordial Eden and as the promise of the Promised Land. Light and its reflection connect the beginning with the future. Paradise here is neither lost nor something awaiting us ahead: it continues to exist within the Land itself, as the possibility of life, hope, and a return to wholeness. View artwork
The Choice of the Way
100×150 cm – 39×59 in After leaving the Garden, humanity did not lose only a place. It lost a way of seeing the world. The path back is never obvious. It begins with a choice: to remain where everything is familiar, or to step into the unknown, trusting that light exists beyond what we can already see. You never know where the road will lead. You simply choose to walk. Perhaps Paradise is not a place behind us, but a direction toward which we move. The choice is always ours. View artwork
If there is a Path to Eden
120×100 cm – 47×39 in Is there a way back to Eden? The path is not given. There is only movement toward an Elusive light. The garden is lost as a place. And if a path exists, it will be revealed from above. View artwork

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Opening Wednesday, 25 November 2026, 8:00 – 11:00 PM.

Art by Simcha

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Lawrence, NY 11559

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Before and after Eden

Before and after Eden

The works

The boundary of the Garden

At the edge of Eden

Breath of the Garden

In Search of the Lost Light

Pardes. Unseen

Along the River Prat

Memory of Water

The Elusive Garden

The Dissolving Garden

The First Garden. Promise

The Choice of the Way

If there is a Path to Eden

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Art by Simcha

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