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In 1977 Indiana conceived a new version of his iconic LOVE sculpture, AHAVA, using the Hebrew word for “love” in the same distinctive quadripartite composition that he had developed in the mid-1960s. The work embodies Indiana’s unique approach to sculptural form, translating the two-dimensional written word into a monumental sculpture ...
13 lut 2017 · By 1977, Indiana started translating his LOVE design into other languages. His first translation, AHAVA (1977) means "love" in Hebrew. After being exhibited in Central Park, the piece was gifted to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
Let’s look at the Hebrew word for love — ahava (אהבה), which is made up of three basic Hebrew letters: aleph (א), hey (ה), and vet (ב). From these three root letters of a-hav-a, we get the root word, hav (הב), which means to give. Ahava (Love), by Robert Indiana (Photo by Talmoryair)
7 sie 2017 · In 1977 Robert Indiana (American, b. 1928) created a Hebrew version of his 1960s LOVE sculpture for the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Aleph, hey, vet, and hey , the four letters used to spell ahava (“love” in Hebrew), were placed in the same iconic two-over-two composition used for the original LOVE .
Caption Indiana's iconic work "LOVE" (Ahava in Hebrew) was first created for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in 1964 and in 1973 was selected for a United States postage stamp, the first of their regular series of "Love" stamps.
"Love" in Hebrew: Ahava. The Hebrew word for "love" is ahava (ah-ha-vah). But love is more than just a word. It is an emotion that involves action, and in Israel, where Hebrew is the national language, love is also a way of life!
The composition of Robert Indiana’s unwaveringly iconic “LOVE” motif is simple enough: two pairs of letters stacked in a square, the L, the V and the E standing tall and crowded around an italicized O. But oh that O.... Rarely is a word’s meaning so cleverly embedded in its typography.
