2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist Maira Kalman, the author
of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements
of Style, and Alex Kalman, the designer, curator, writer, and
founder of Mmuseumm, combine their talents in this captivating
family memoir, a creative blend of narrative and striking visuals
that is a paean to an exceptional woman and a celebration of
individuality, personal expression, and the art of living
authentically. In the early 1950s, Jewish emigre Sara Berman
arrived in the Bronx with her husband and two young daughters When
the children were grown, she and her husband returned to Israel,
but Sara did not stay for long. In the late 1960s, at age sixty,
she left her husband after thirty-eight years of marriage. One
night, she packed a single suitcase and returned alone to New York
City, moving intoa studio apartment in Greenwich Village near her
family. In her new home, Sara began discovering new things and
establishing new rituals, from watching Jeopardy each night at 7:00
to eating pizza at the Museum of Modern Art's cafeteria every
Wednesday. She also began discarding the unnecessary, according to
the Kalmans: "in a burst of personal expression, she decided to
wear only white." Sara kept her belongings in an extraordinarily
clean and organized closet. Filled with elegant, minimalist,
heavily starched, impeccably pressed and folded all-white clothing,
including socks and undergarments, as well as carefully selected
objects-from a potato grater to her signature perfume, Chanel
No.19-the space was sublime. Upon her death in 2004, her family
decided to preserve its pristine contents, hoping to find a way to
exhibit them one day. In 2015, the Mmuseumm, a new type of museum
located in a series of unexpected locations founded and curated by
Sara's grandson, Alex Kalman, recreated the space in a popular
exhibit-Sara Berman's Closet-in Tribeca. The installation
eventually moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The show will
run at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles from December 4, 2018 to
March 10, 2019; it will open again about a month later at the
National Museum of American Jewish History from April 5, 2019 to
September 1, 2019. Inspired by the exhibit, this spectacular
illustrated memoir, packed with family photographs, exclusive
images, and Maira Kalman's distinctive paintings, is an ode to
Sara's life, freedom, and re-invention. Sara Berman's Closet is an
indelible portrait of the human experience-overcoming hardship,
taking risks, experiencing joy, enduring loss. It is also a
reminder of the significance of the seemingly insignificant moments
in our lives-the moments we take for granted that may turn out to
be the sweetest. Filled with a daughter and grandson's wry and
touching observations conveyed in Maira's signature script, Sara
Berman's Closest is a beautiful, loving tribute to one woman's
indomitable spirit.
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