Ingress
Tomer Rosenthal
2021
Ingress is a book encompassing 55 works by Tomer Rosenthal. A first publication of his work, the book documents drawings made between 2013 and 2019. Ingress invites the viewer to wander inside it as a mobile exhibition. Rosenthal’s works explore symbols and images from ancient religions and cultures, ranging from Neo-Assyrian stone reliefs to medieval illuminated chronicles, 19th century symbolism, and Northern Renaissance iconography. Drawing from a wide range of sources, the world created in his drawings refuses a linear understanding of history – ancient symbols coexist and meld with contemporary imagery, transgressing cultural and temporal boundaries, generating a new, expansive psychic world. Ingress records explorations into non-linear thought and the unconscious, presenting hybrid figures that blur the borders between human, animal and plant. Highlighting an interaction between light and shadow, it unlocks a singular mythological universe.
- Copies: 300
- Pages: 80
- Type of binding: Hardcover
- Dimensions (cm): 23X29
- Reproductions: Studio Shuki Kook
- Printing: A.R. Printing
- Type of printing: Offset
- Publication: Self published
- Supported by: Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts
- ISBN: 9789655997699
Tomer Rosenthal (b. 1987, Jerusalem) is a Berlin-based artist whose work centers on drawing, creating a unique visual language that blends personal and universal imagery. His non-linear approach merges ancient symbols with contemporary forms, producing hybrid figures that blur the boundaries between human, animal, and plant. Exhibited widely across Israel-Palestine and Europe, including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, The Jerusalem Artists’ House, and Eigen+Art Lab (Berlin), Rosenthal has received the Osnat Mozes Painting Prize for a Young Artist (2021) and the New York Foundation for the Arts’ Artist Fund (2018). He holds BFA and MFA degrees from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
