Family Secrets
Judith Margolis
2022
Concertina Book In Progress
Plotter-printed concertina-folded paper, commissioned for an exhibit curated by Tali Kayam, at the Azrieli Gallery, Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem. Inspired and triggered by a newspaper article from 1975, warning women to "Watch out for Rape,” my drawings and prints are excerpted to become a new narrative. References to wholesome kitchens and domesticity recall playing with bride dolls and fantasies of married life, juxtaposed with the depressing reality that "most rapes occur in the home." In-Progress book on Graphic Memoir Family Secrets continues.
- Copies: 2
- Pages: 7
- Dimensions (cm): 310X55
- Place of publication: Jerusalem
- Book photography: Leafing: Yair Meyuhas & Shiraz Grinbaum
Judith Margolis is an Israel-based American essayist and artist who makes paintings, drawings, artist's books, and multi-media collages. Much of her work explores tensions between consciousness, feminism, and religious ritual tradition. Since 2000, Margolis has been the Art Editor of Nashim: The Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, published by Indiana University Press. She is the Creative Director of Bright Idea Books, which produces limited edition and unique artist's books. She lives and works in Jerusalem.
