ers the luminosity is most minimal but is nevertheless the
composition���s central player. It appears to be the soul of
the matter. Therefore, it would seem that even when her
images are submerged in darkness, Jacobi���s real preoccupation is with the light, with wresting it from darkness
or simply celebrating it without shadow, as hope and
the path forward. Landscape by the Lake With a Fairy
reflects this path. The fairy oftentimes leads one on to
happier worlds.
The Duke of Devonshire in 1774 commissioned John
Boydell to publish, and Richard Earlom to etch, engravings depicting his vast collection of Claude Lorrain
works. Eti Jacobi deserves an eminent collector or collectors to conserve her work for posterity and an equally
accomplished publisher and engraver, not a computer,
to artistically memorialize these seminal works of art for
a wider audience. She merits nothing less.
One imagines that Jacobi appreciates the work of Goya.
But unlike his work, which is often wrought with despair,
Jacobi���s art is a pleasantly, ultimately hopeful, nightmarish little world. As difficult as it might be to find one���s way
in these canvases, there are watchmen, fairies, dancers,
caravans, donkeys guiding you somewhere. After all,
Puck and the other characters of A Midsummer Night���s
Dream do prosper after their ordeal.
And even in the darkness, there is always the moon. H
Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art
60 Ehad Ha���am St. Tel Aviv Israel 65202 info@nogagallery.com
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