art forum VISITING ARTIST

Mark Making

Hannah Israel maps the relationship of our existence by illustrating how fragile time can be and how predictable our experiences can be based on the temperament of the world around us. In her new series, Israel reflects on information as a form of abstraction. Influenced by natural and cultural phenomena, Israel creates works that resemble the poetic seduction we find in nature in relation to the sublime. Kant's theory of the sublime is about the idea of transcendence: of the everyday, the transient, and the sensual. It represents the redemptive capacity of human understanding. 

In her presentation, Israel will address the common themes of landscapes, mapping, wandering, and getting lost as they pertain to her practice, ideas, and life.  Influenced by art history, theory, philosophy, maps, motherhood, books, music, poetry, nature, and science, Israel will connect the dots from these subjects that draw on her own mark making.  

Hannah Israel is a visiting artist in the Sculpture Workshop.