Kaufman, Yaacov – Figurines – Catalogue Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2015

40.00

Beschrijving

Tekst: Meirav Rahat

Uitvoering: Paperback 

Aantal pagina’s: 320

Illustraties: Kleur en zwart-wit

Uitgever: Yaakov Kaufman

Taal: Engels

Staat: Nieuw

Catalogus bij de tentoonstelling in de Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2015

Israeli industrial designer Yaacov Kaufman is noted for work that evokes a sense of dealing with “ready-made”. In fact, he creates each piece as part of a study of nuances – an embodiment of his search for simplicity and abstraction through minimal intervention. Each of his pieces of wood, metal, glass, and other miscellaneous materials is endowed with an individual identity and anthropomorphic qualities, implying a historical and archaeological tradition dating to prehistory. The figurines seem to be ritualistic talismans or shamanistic objects, and thus begin to take on lives of their own. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Kaufman’s intriguing figurines in Tel Aviv.