16 Barbras (Jewish Jackie Series)

Deborah Kass's *16 Barbras (Jewish Jackie Series)* draws from the visual language of Andy Warhol's iconic celebrity silkscreens, replacing his subjects with Barbra Streisand as a symbol of Jewish-American identity and feminine cultural power. The work features a grid of repeated portrait images rendered in synthetic polymer and silkscreen ink on canvas, each iteration saturated with bold, varied color. Through this appropriation strategy, Kass reclaims the pop art canon by centering a proudly Jewish woman whose image carries equal cultural weight and iconic status.