How a Poem Begins: Lynne Avadenka and the Poet Rahel / Lynne Avadenka; Emily D Bilski; Rachel

Identifier:REF.EC.1933

Dimensions:[22] p. : col. ill., port. ; 18 x 23 cm

Publication dates:2016

Subjects: exhibition catalogs, poems, poetry, prints

Description:Exhibition catalog accompanying the exhibition 'How a Poem Begins: Lynne Avadenka and the Poet Rahel' at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City, NY from February 28, 2016 - July 24, 2016. Includes an essay, "How a poem begins: Lynne Avadenka and the poet Rahel" by Emily D. Bilski (p. [2-8]). Booklet issued to accompany the exhibition "How a poem beings: Lynne Avadenka and the poet Rahel" at the Yeshiva University Museum, New York, New York, Feb. 28-July 24, 2016. In this personally expressive and historically resonant exhibition, contemporary printmaker and book artist Lynne Avadenka engages in a visual dialogue with Rahel Bluwstein, one of the most important poets of pre-State Israel. Through color etchings, a folding screen and a multi-media installation, Avadenka responds to the imagery of Rahel’s poetry and to the landscape the writer lived in and loved in the Galilee, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Translating the poet’s language into visual imagery, Avadenka invites us to feel the emotion of beholding new settings for the first time and to experience the process through which an artist or poet is inspired to transform physical surroundings into art. The exhibition also incorporates photography and ephemera from the early 20th century, overlapping with Rahel’s life in Israel. How a Poem Begins weaves together themes of artistic inspiration, women’s creativity and the combined power of and dialogue between words and images.