Art Hatje Cantz Verlag | Moshe Gershuni

The Existential Oeuvre Of Moshe Gershuni (* 1936 In Tel Aviv) Spans A Period Of Over Forty Years. Uncom­Promising And Evocative, His Prolific Production Of Paintings, Drawings, And Sculptures Has An Unmedi­Ated Quality That Is Reflected In His Working Method. Spreading Sheets Of Paper On The Ground, He Crawls Over Them, With His Bare Hands Immersed In Paint Like Blood-Dripping Wounds. Many Paintings Include Historically Loaded Symbols And Handwritten Hebrew Passages From Jewish Prayers, Which Turn The Bumpy, Overflowing Surfaces Of Paint—His Seemingly Invol­Untary, Pre-Lingual Compositions—Into A Living Theat­Rical Performance, A Frenzied Ritual. Sensual And Con­Ceptual, Emotional And Critical, Authentic And Well-Staged, His Works Transcend Oppositions, Infusing His­Torical Commemoration With The Cathartic Immediacy Of The Painterly Act.



Ausstellung/Exhibition: Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 12.9.–31.12.2014