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Jacob El Hanani : recent works on canvas / essay by Adam Kirsch.
Fine Arts Library NC320.Z9 E5052 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- El Hanani, Jacob, 1947- artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- El Hanani, Jacob, 1947---Catalogs.
- El Hanani, Jacob.
- El Hanani, Jacob, 1947-.
- Drawing--Israel--Catalogs.
- Drawing.
- Letters in art--Catalogs.
- Letters in art.
- Lettering in art--Catalogs.
- Lettering in art.
- Israel.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 120 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Acquavella : Rizzoli International, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Jacob El Hanani (b. 1947) was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and was raised in Israel. He produces highly intricate works through the painstaking repetition of minuscule marks, often Hebrew letters repeated thousands of times using ink on paper or canvas. He draws these images without magnification. The end result is a work of extraordinary detail that appears to be a pattern from a distance and speaks of the passage of time and the link between the microscopic and the infinite. Inspired by Albrecht Durer and minimalism, El Hanani practices the ancient art of micrography, in which tiny calligraphic letters are repeatedly drawn to create abstract designs. Jewish scribes used this technique to transcribe holy texts. El Hanani sees his work as part of this continuum and himself as a champion of the handmade."-- Penguin Random House Canada website (viewed on May 5, 2021)
- Notes:
- "On view Acquavella Galleries, May 5-June 18, 2021"--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 9780847869145
- 0847869148
- OCLC:
- 1205590571
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