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Email PageThe Tree of My Mind
January 11, 2007- February 17, 2007
Reception: January 11, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Emna Zghal
M.Y. Art Prospects
547 W 27th St Emna Zghal installation view |
I do not want to be a tree, I want to be its meaning. Orhan Pamuk
The title of the exhibition is the same as Emna Zghal's latest artist's book, The Tree Of My Mind (published by the Women's Studio Workshop) in which the tree is explored as a metaphor for human existence. As in her previous book project, Cultures Of War: An Essay, Zghal's imagery has a close affiliation with words and poetry. In this new book, from the Qur'an and French chansons to Orhan Pamuk - this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, wide-ranging sources have inspired her to create this set of eleven etchings. Each image transforms the unpredictable patterns of nature into rhythmic compositions of ink on paper.
In addition to displaying individual etchings from the book, the exhibition will showcase Zghal's signature paintings that combine the techniques of woodcuts, rubbings, collage, gouache and ink drawing. Translucent veils of color, together with graceful contours from wood grains and barks, create a potent emotional effect. By evoking natural phenomena such as a mirage or a swirling eddy, Zghal's work draws the viewer into an infinite labyrinth of nature.
Emna Zghal is a Tunisian-born artist living in New York City. She holds a B.A. from the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Tunis and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She has held solo exhibitions in Tunisia, the U. S., France and Germany since 1993.
This exhibition coincides with two group exhibitions in which Zghal's work is included: RE: GENERATION curated by Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder Fink at the Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY (Jan. 27 - Mar. 11, 2007); and a drawing show at the Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY (Feb. 9 - Mar. 17, 2007).
Zghal's work is represented in several public collections. A copy of the book, The Tree Of My Mind, was recently acquired by the New York Public Library, NY. For further information and/or photographic materials, please contact info@myartprospects.com or 212 268 7132.
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