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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 · 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. Due to the positions of the letters, the piece takes on new meaning when written in Hebrew, explains Mira Lapidot, the Chief Curator of Fine Arts at the Israel Museum:
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. Indiana’s O swoons, knocked off balance by a
An icon of American Modern Art — LOVE — 1969-1999, is the signature work of art by artist Robert Indiana. The word Love in upper-case letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter “O”. Beginning in 1964, Indiana began to create images and objects using the word LOVE.
30 maj 2018 · LOVE in all its iterations—translated by the artist into Spanish and Hebrew for sculptures; painted into an unprintable four-letter word after a falling out with Ellsworth Kelly; or repurposed...
13 sty 2009 · Sculptural versions of the image have been installed at numerous American and international locations, including the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in 1977, spelling out "Ahava" (Love) in Hebrew letters. To coin a new wrinkle on an old saw, where there's LOVE there's (eventually) HOPE, as described in a gallery press release.
Love is a noun and a verb and so one must decide what my love is. It’s a command, love, and it’s a subject, love. It is an exercise, and grammar is one of my favorite subjects. — Robert Indiana, interviewed by Susan Elizabeth Ryan, January 13, 1991
