Spectrum – Artists' Books and Others… | |
Next week Maty Grünberg will open an exhibition in which some of his artist's books will be on display. The exhibition presents a variety of works spread over decades of creation, using different techniques, from painting, through nineteenth century etchings, preparatory sketches with intrinsic artistic value, to twenty-first century digi-graphic methods.
All the graphic works produced by MG are always accompanied by independent text. This property characterizes the connection between MG's visual work and writing. Each of the areas is independent and is created separately. The connection of image and text in the artist's book arouses an additional tier within the viewer…
Over the past thirty years MG has created over thirty artist's book in cooperation with top writers including Nathan Zach, Yehuda Amichai, Amos Oz and others. The following artist's books will be on display in the present exhibition:
An artist-widower who lived in London most of his life returns to the city of Bat-Yam, Israel, where he meets a widow from bourgeois Ra'anana. They are both no longer young. Life has left its impression on them. Is love possible? Along with the texts written as Naomi's personal diary in which she describes the development of their relationship over the first years of their love, MG placed sketches he had made in London from 1970 to 1990 in preparation for various works.
When Maty G. read the short items Naomi wrote he said to her:
"I have sketches that have been waiting in my drawer for these texts for thirty years."
"What are you talking about? She wondered, it's just my little diary, between me and myself, between me and you."
"Don't you understand, he replied, don't you understand a man waits his entire life for such a love letter."
All the graphic works produced by MG are always accompanied by independent text. This property characterizes the connection between MG's visual work and writing. Each of the areas is independent and is created separately. The connection of image and text in the artist's book arouses an additional tier within the viewer…
Over the past thirty years MG has created over thirty artist's book in cooperation with top writers including Nathan Zach, Yehuda Amichai, Amos Oz and others. The following artist's books will be on display in the present exhibition:
- Nathan Zach, Theater of the Absurd – London, 1971
- Playwright Arnold Wesker, Second Circle of perception – London, 1972
- Poet Lally Tzipi Michaeli, Sex Begins With the Yellow Lamp – 2016
- Naomi R. Azar (Nomikan) – three artist's books, 2010-2014
- Naomi R. Azar (Nomikan) – And Love, What about Love? (2016)
- Itzhak Goal – Toto the Auto and Dodo the Uncle, 1964
- Uzi Agassi – Shevo, Journal of Poetry, issue 30, 2016
An artist-widower who lived in London most of his life returns to the city of Bat-Yam, Israel, where he meets a widow from bourgeois Ra'anana. They are both no longer young. Life has left its impression on them. Is love possible? Along with the texts written as Naomi's personal diary in which she describes the development of their relationship over the first years of their love, MG placed sketches he had made in London from 1970 to 1990 in preparation for various works.
When Maty G. read the short items Naomi wrote he said to her:
"I have sketches that have been waiting in my drawer for these texts for thirty years."
"What are you talking about? She wondered, it's just my little diary, between me and myself, between me and you."
"Don't you understand, he replied, don't you understand a man waits his entire life for such a love letter."
| The three artist's books: "Writing the Month of August 2010 for You", "Remains of the Logical Woman" and "The Artist and the Bourgeois Woman", were recently bound together into a popular book (English/Hebrew) titled "Notes of Love". The book will be launched at the exhibition. In today's digital age, this exhibition arouses interest and excitement in view of "real books", sensing the warm touch of the artist and his spirit that roams in high places. | |
A short video, in Hebrew, Maty G. is covering the exhibition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-E8RG-wJ9Y&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-E8RG-wJ9Y&feature=youtu.be
