Golemites
Schrier’s
recent Golemite works on hand made papers, form Hebrew words
that represent the traits of 36 righteous persons, who according to
legend, live unassumingly in every generation. The stacked
letters resemble human forms. These calligraphic figurative images
were produced from steel plates that were unused portions of his cut
steel sculptures also portraying spiritual and ethical motifs through
stacked Hebrew letters. After the steel plates are applied, Schrier
paints and spatters the hand made papers to achieve visual qualities
inherent in the words.
Below is a sampling of these recent works. Schrier continues in
creating 18 versions of each calligraphic figure/word selected for the
series, each a unique work on paper.
Neshema /
Soul
(three
versions shown, approximately 26" X 38" each)
Rachmanot
/ Compassionateness
(two
versions shown, approximately 26" X 38" each)
Simcha
/ Joy
(two
versions shown, approximately 22" X 29" each)
Ahavah
/ Love
(two
versions shown, approximately 24" X 30" each)
Tzedakah
/ Righteousness
(two
versions shown of several variable sizes)
B'chochmah/
Wisdom
(two
versions shown of several variable sizes)
Yideyeh
/ Knowledge
approximately
22" X 30"
Schrier’s cut steel sculpture series that spawned the works on
paper, is titled, ”Out of Emptiness /Serif
Seraphim”, and was presented for his solo exhibition last year
at Yeshiva
University Museum / Center for Jewish History, Manhattan.
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