ENGLEWOOD, N.J. —— Irmari Nacht of Englewood will be exhibiting her recycled bookwork “Books110Terezin” at the Morris Museum’s “Book Art: A Novel Idea” now through March 4, 2018.
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The show examines how current artists use the book as a basis for their art.
Nacht’s work treats the book as the raw material to form sculptures and recycles books that otherwise might be discarded to transform them into artworks. Her work is in the permanent collections of Newark Museum, International Museum of Collage, Bowdoin College, Jimmy Carter Museum, Cleveland Art institute, Rutgers University, Lafayette College and Yale Art Museum. She has exhibited internationally, as well as nationally, and received two New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships in Sculpture.
“I have always been interested in recycling; taking something that retains its past, but lives again in a totally new form,” Nacht said. “We are all affected by changes in the environment and are beginning to realize the need to recycle to protect our future. I hope my work will increase awareness of these changes and will get people thinking about recycling, reusing, and repurposing.”
In the Morris Museum show, Nacht will exhibit “Books110Terezin”, a large recycled bookwork composed of 8 identical books cut into swirls, spirals, and strips.
The finished piece, approximately 40-inch by 40-inch and about 9-inch deep, can be viewed on several levels: a memorial to the sad, poignant lives of people in the concentration camp Terezin, or the visual impact of multiple imagery, or simply, an example of recycling.
The Morris Museum is at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown. For hours and more information, irmarinac@yahoo.com.