Apertures in Mud
Yossi Assouline
2016
A wordless graphic novel, made in linoleum cuts, depicting a meeting of three figures: a man, a woman and a bear.
The story consists of nine chapters that occur alternately between the forest and the city, which creates two parallel yet connected plots. In each episode the characters appear and dissolve without portraying a story of their own and eventually sharing the same destiny. The reader is required to connect the dots of the different fragments in order to complete and interpret the storyline.
- Copies: 500
- Pages: 112
- Type of binding: hardcover
- Dimensions (cm): 16.5X24
- Printing: Dfus Golem Publishing
- Type of printing: hand-printed
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- Supported by: Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts
Yossi Assouline is a multidisciplinary Israeli creator currently living and working between Berlin and Tel Aviv. He is known for his innovative approach to creating artist’s books and artworks that explore semantic, visual, and material narratives. His practice centers on language, symbolism, and materiality, often through experimental printmaking. Assouline holds a MA from the Weißensee Academy of Art in Berlin and a B.A. in Visual Communication from the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem.
