Creative Talent in Contemporary Israel
In 1989, nine Israeli artists were commissioned by the Jerusalem Print Workshop to create etchings for poems by Hebrew poets of their choice. The resulting books offer a wide spectrum of creative talent in contemporary Israel. Printed in a limited edition of thirty copies, each book contains six to twelve screen-printed poems and is housed in an Obichi wood box. The poem displayed here is הפורטרט [“The Portrait”] by Dan Pagis, one of the most renowned Hebrew poets of the last few generations; the accompanying etching is by Israeli artist Tamara Rikman.
In 1989, nine Israeli artists were commissioned by the Jerusalem Print Workshop to create etchings for poems by Hebrew poets of their choice. The resulting books offer a wide spectrum of creative talent in contemporary Israel. Printed in a limited edition of thirty copies, each book contains six to twelve screen-printed poems and is housed in an Obichi wood box. The poem displayed here is הפורטרט [“<em>The Portrait</em>”] by Dan Pagis, one of the most renowned Hebrew poets of the last few generations; the accompanying etching is by Israeli artist Tamara Rikman.