Contemporary Book Art and Hebrew Texts
The “book” is a mighty big place these days and the current exhibition at MOBIA, As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts is no exception. Highly mobile eBooks compete with online publications and traditionally bound…
Old and New: Mark Podwal’s Textiles for the Altneuschul in Prague
Mark Podwal is a busy, busy man. When I wrote that in these pages in September, 2010 it is now clear I didn’t know the half of it… witness his current exhibition at Yeshiva…
Podwal’s Books
Mark Podwal is a busy, busy man. He has spent the last 38 years making every conceivable kind of art: innumerable paintings, 28 illustrated books written by him and the likes of Elie Wiesel, Harold Bloom and Francine Prose, children’s books, Haggadot, ceramics…
The Book of Lamentations: Illustrated by Mark Podwal
In 1974 Mark Podwal, noted author, illustrator and physician, created a spare, illustrated Book of Lamentations. This complete English translation is graced with 28 black and white illustrations, or more correctly, reflections, on the tragic text. Podwal…