Yeshiva Museum Will Host Poets’

Portraits, Works By Zvi Lachman

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Zvi Lachman, “Elsa Lasker-Schüller” (1869–1945), charcoal on paper, 2006.

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NEW YORK CITY — Yeshiva University Museum will exhibit 25 charcoal and pastel drawings and four bronze sculptures by Israeli artist Zvi Lachman. The exhibition, “Poets’ Portraits: Lines For  My Image Drawings and Sculpture by Zvi Lachman,” celebrates Israeli and Jewish writers, including Avot Yeshurun (1903–1992) and Yona Wallach (1944–1985), the contemporary poet and singer Shimon Adaf (b 1972) and Israeli-Arab poet Taha Muhammad Ali (b 1931).

A selection of poetry in its original language and in English translation will be presented alongside the portraits. The exhibit opens April 26 and will be on view through August 30.

Lachman (b 1950) works in various media, including charcoal, pastel, paint, pencil, chalk and bronze. The works on view in this unique exhibition highlight Israeli poetry in visual terms; they reflect the artist’s impressions of the writers and are based on observation, photographs and member, as well as Lachman’s personal interpretations of their writing. A catalog in Hebrew and English will accompany the exhibition.

Born in Tel Aviv, Lachman earned degrees in civil engineering and architecture before studying sculpture in Israel. He lived in New York from 1978 through 1984, where he earned an MFA from Parsons School of Design and studied at the New York Studio School. Lachman has taught at various art schools in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and now teaches painting and sculpture at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

In addition to solo exhibitions in Israel, Lachman’s works have been exhibited in 40 group shows around the world since 1985. American venues include Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and the galleries at the Studio School and Parsons.

The Yeshiva University Museum is at 15 West 16th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. For information, www.yumuseum.org or 212-294-8330.