J. Porat – Conversations with Kafka (Main Exhibitions)
Jan 20th, 2010 by admin
Prof. Nurit Govrin: Jacob Porat’s Kafka The paintings of Jacob Porat converse with Kafka on the backdrop of Kafka’s home city — Prague – in a multi-layer “correspondence”. One layer is Porat’s paintings. The second consists of photographed sites in Prague. The third includes pen drawings made by Kafka, and the fourth depicts Kafkaesque situations taken from Kafka’s works. And the fifth layer is that of the viewer, who draws near the paintings to look and reveal the worlds hidden inside, one …