Art
Calligraphy: "Hesed (Lovingkindness)"
- Item Number
- 158
- Estimated Value
- 200 USD
- Sold
- 110 USD to dwfc11c77
The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to COLORADO JEWISH RECONSTRUCTIONIST FEDERATION (tax ID 237189650) on behalf of the winner.
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
By Ed Towbin.
Mixed media on paper, framed.
In the kabbalistic Tree of Life, Hesed is balanced by Gevurah (restraint). Here, the multicolored, expressive brushstrokes embody free-flowing lovingkindness, while the stark white of the paper suggests restraint.
16" x 12" including frame.
Item Special Note
From the artist:
"I have been painting for over 60 years.
One important goal of my artwork is to provoke, stress and bring to awareness and enjoyment our sense of vision…so important for acknowledging identity, location, and actions, but often not consciously regarded or reinforced…perhaps atrophying from lack of recognition. Art for survival, perhaps.
Realistic art, yes…or abstract images of something that is real…oil on canvas…or pastel on paper. Through texture, luscious materials, and geometry, I try to pull an observer in to engage with the visual surface, to apprehend my physical gestures during application, and my energy, creating a relationship between artist and observer, together: energy, vision, connection.
Narrative representational content adds an additional layer of richness. Beauty in composition, light-dark contrast, shape, movement, color, image, meaning, emotion, order, and truth are all important, but not primary. I don't try to present a window to reality, but rather an arrangement of pigment, strong visual aspects, and geometry on the surface as the primary reality of the piece."
Ed Towbin
Donated By:
Edward Towbin
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