Coffee Drawings

Ernesto Levy

2006

The book is made of coffee stains, Tipp-Ex, and pencil and is created inside a hardcover notebook. I drip coffee on a page, close the book, and open it again in the same place. A symmetrical spot is created by doubling the pages. The stain forms a basis for the painting. From this book, works developed, many of which were presented in exhibitions. This is an artist's book that is also a kind of archive of images from which I draw ideas.

  • Copies: 1
  • Pages: 50
  • Type of binding: hard-cover
  • Dimensions (cm): 10.5X15.5X2
  • 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.