Astonishment – Itzhak Livne

A bilingual (Hebrew and English) exhibition catalog / artist book featuring the work of renowned Israeli painter Itzhak Livne, designed to accompany Livne’s retrospective solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Studying Livne’s work provided us with one of the key visual “hooks” for the book – Livne uses a bright orange base layer (gesso) in all of his paintings. We interpreted it graphically as a gentle inner glow emerging from inside the book.

The exhibition catalog received a favorable review by respected Israeli art critic Ruti Director in the Ha’aretz newspaper book review section, Israel’s most Influential book review publications:
“...it is a handsome object, tempting and sensual... ...Astonishment is what one might feel when holding this book in his hands, colorful and enticing, it winks deviantly... ...The image pages are bright white, where the paintings are hung just like on the museum’s wall, while the text pages, in pink and orange, have a gentle orange powder scattered where they meet. When reading, that orange is bursting forth from inside the book. Take me, touch me, the book says. Hold me, feel me.”

• Freelance work for Danny Goldberg Design