Alef-X
Ernesto Levy
2018
Head, Stand, Basis
A horizontal book read from left to right and made on top of an empty black notebook. Watercolors, colored pencils, Tipp-Ex, coffee and wine. Images of hybrid creatures appear following the staining of the doubles. I find them in the spots. I pasted one image of a doubled human figure expressing emotions, in the pocket on the back cover. The light highlights the active emotional centers in the body. Every once in a while, I return to the book and continue to work on it. The name of the book is engraved on its cover.
- Copies: 1
- Pages: 43
- Type of binding: hard-cover
- Dimensions (cm): 14x9.2
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv
- Book photography: מדף: יאיר מיוחס ושירז גרינבאום
Ernesto Levy, a visual artist and an architect, graduated from architectural studies at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1978. He presented solo and group exhibitions in museums, galleries, and cultural centers in Israel and abroad. Since 2015 he has been creating in partnership with Tamar Raban in performance, video, cinema, and ensemble shows. His works are in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; and in private collections. His artist's books are singular and hand-made in which he explores the Rorschach stain as an experimental and conceptual space; and the book format as a diptych that functions as a gate in the concrete and symbolic sense.
