5 books
5 pieces of 600mm x 800mm
canvas, silk print, LED, wood
2024
Here we have another series of five. Once again I chose scans from books that have profoundly shaped me. There is my childhood Siddur, a book exploring the mystical dimensions of the Hebrew alphabet, a volume on the Baal Shem Tov, and a poem by Alexander Penn.
By juxtaposing the organic material, the canvas, with the inorganic, the plexiglas, I wanted to introduce friction. The texts are alternately legible and hidden, revealed in sharp clarity in some places and blurred or obscured in others. This treatment invites a sense of discomfort, a quiet dissonance. It mirrors the experience of approaching texts that feel like home, familiar yet layered, comforting yet unsettling when revisited with new eyes.