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Jacob El Hanani : recent works on canvas / essay by Adam Kirsch.
- Title
- Jacob El Hanani : recent works on canvas / essay by Adam Kirsch.
- Author
- El Hanani, Jacob, 1947-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Acquavella : Rizzoli International, [2021]
- ©2021
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | NC320.Z9 E422 2021 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 120 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- 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."--
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- Note
- "On view Acquavella Galleries, May 5-June 18, 2021"--Title page verso.
- Call Number
- NC320.Z9
- ISBN
- 9780847869145
- 0847869148
- LCCN
- 2021931115
- OCLC
- 1205590571
- on1205590571
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries