Hanukkah Lamps, anonymous artists, Eastern Galicia or Western Ukraine, 18th–early 20th century, cast copper alloy. The Jewish Museum, New York, Gifts of Dr. Harry G. Friedman and Judge Max M. Korshak.

Installation view of Repetition and Difference. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald.

Installation view of Abraham Cruzvillegas, Blind Self-Portrait, Tratado de Libre Comer, 2009. Image © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald.

Abraham Cruzvillegas, Blind Self-Portrait, Tratado de Libre Comer, 2009, mixed media, variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City. Image © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald.

Detail: Amalia Pica, Stabile (with confetti), 2012, paper and transparent adhesive tape. Courtesy of the artist and MARC FOXX, Los Angeles. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer, 2013. Collection of Andrew Ong and George Robertson, New York.

Installation view of Repetition and Difference. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald.

Installation view of Repetition and Difference. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald.

Heads by Kris Martin, bronze. Clockwise: Sichtriss, 2014, 12 2/3 x 6 x 8 1/4 in; Synapsenkollaps, 2014, 6 1/3 x 9 1/2 x 7 in; Selbstvergessenheit, 2014, , 11 x 8 x 6 1/3 in. Courtesy of Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf. Photographer: Achim Kululies, Düsseldorf.

Installation view of Repetition and Difference. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald. Front: Female Pillar Figurines. Back: John Houck, Accumulator#1, 6 combinations of 12 colors (from Aggregates series), 2014. Creased archival pigment prints: each work 32 x 26 inches. The artist and On Stellar Rays, New York.

Female Pillar Figurines, Israel, 8th-7th century BCE, hand- and mold-formed clay. Collections of Jeannie and David Hendin and Don Simon.

Installation view of Repetition and Difference. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald. Back: Sarah Crowner, Untitled, 2014. Five panels acrylic on canvas and raw canvas, each 105 x 50 inches. Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection.

Torah Binders, B. Y. Behr and anonymous artists France, Switzerland, and United States, 1822-1872, paint on linen or cotton. The Jewish Museum, New York, gifts of Dr. Harry G. Friedman, Dr. Elian Solomon, Colonel George Feigel, Mrs. S. Heineman, and Fund in memory of Ruth Herzog by the Henry Herzog family and friends.

Spice Containers, anonymous artists, Poland and Russia, 19th century, silver. The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman; the Rose and Benjamin Mintz Collection.

Installation view of Koo Jeong-A, Cedric & FRAND, 2014. © The Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by: David Heald.