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10/1/2007

Emna Zghal

M.Y. Art Prospects, New York

The Tree of My Mind

I do not want to be a tree, I want to be its meaning. Orhan Pamuk

The title of the exhibition is the same as Emna Zghal's latest artist's book, The Tree Of My Mind (published by the Women's Studio Workshop) in which the tree is explored as a metaphor for human existence. As in her previous book project, Cultures Of War: An Essay, Zghal's imagery has a close affiliation with words and poetry. In this new book, from the Qur'an and French chansons to Orhan Pamuk - this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, wide-ranging sources have inspired her to create this set of eleven etchings. Each image transforms the unpredictable patterns of nature into rhythmic compositions of ink on paper.

In addition to displaying individual etchings from the book, the exhibition will showcase Zghal's signature paintings that combine the techniques of woodcuts, rubbings, collage, gouache and ink drawing. Translucent veils of color, together with graceful contours from wood grains and barks, create a potent emotional effect. By evoking natural phenomena such as a mirage or a swirling eddy, Zghal's work draws the viewer into an infinite labyrinth of nature.

Emna Zghal is a Tunisian-born artist living in New York City. She holds a B.A. from the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Tunis and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She has held solo exhibitions in Tunisia, the U. S., France and Germany since 1993.

This exhibition coincides with three group exhibitions in which Zghal's work is included: Changing Climate, Changing Colors: Works of Contemporary Muslim Artists curated by Mareena Daredia at Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY (Jan. 16 - Mar. 17); RE: GENERATION curated by Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder Fink at the Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY (Jan. 27 - Mar. 11, 2007); and a drawing show at the Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY (Feb. 9 - Mar. 17, 2007).

Zghal's work is represented in several public collections. A copy of the book, The Tree Of My Mind, was recently acquired by the New York Public Library (NY), the Yale University (New Haven, CT), the University of Indiana-Bloomington (Bloomington, IN), and the University of Delaware (Newark, DE).

Image: Silkscreen, book cover image for The Tree of My Mind (2006)

Opening reception will be held on Thursday, Jan. 11, 6-8PM.

M.Y. Art Prospects
547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor - New York
Gallery hours: Tues. - Sat. 11am -6pm
Subway access: C, E, 23r d St.

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