Touching Piece

This piece of work is oil on paper, with the Hebrew letters sewn using wool.

In this way the letters, which have always been used as a reference detached from reality, return to the tactile, come out of their two-dimensional representation thanks to the thickness of the seam on the paper.

The Hebrew word means ‘to touch’, and at the very moment in which it indicates this gesture, it can also be touched: it is an invitation to give life to the letters.

The Hebrew language is chosen for its still current symbolic and demiurgic value.

By Guido Nosari. Guido works between Milan and Berlin, using different materials, including textiles, painting, photography and installation, to explore the relationship between body and clothing, in different ways. Guido is featured in multiple exhibitions, the installation at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, had a solo show at the Shang Yuan Modern Art Museum of Beijing, and has won numerous international residences and prizes, such as the ten-year anniversary of the Modena Photography Foundation.