A Retrospective:
A Retrospective:
50 years of art
50 years of art
and poetry
and poetry
by Ira Director
by Ira Director
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Watermelon: Colored marker on tree segment
1) arts & crafts < Fashioning and teaching arts & crafts have been a hobby and vocation throughout my life (including 10 years teaching candle making to Kibbutz Gezer's children).
Sunset on My Window: Acrylic on glass
This work enabled familiarity with different materials such as leather, wax, precious and ordinary metals, glass, clay,stone and more.
Tree Life: Acrylic on tree bark and stone
These skills were essential for creating future artworks.
Leather Earrings: next to
Leather Sculpture
2a) soft leather < I realized in 1982 that the abstract metal, stone and leather jewelry were miniature sculptures.
Mirror: with leather frame, next to
Leather Sculpture
I concluded working, as a Texas social worker with abused children, and devoted full time to art.
Cylinder & Sphere: Leather with leather and stone inlays
2b) soft leather < The first works were soft leather sensually molded over rigid wood and stiff geometric leather forms. Isn’t all creation and all art sensual?
Hemisphere: Leather with light leather and stone inlays
Realizing this hemisphere was my first sulpture, I worked on it all night. I finished in time to watch the sunrise before going to work.
Participation, v1: Suede with leather & metal alloy
Participation, v1: Suede with leather & metal alloy
2c) soft leather < Gallery visitors were invited to rearrange later works made from several sections of soft pliable leather. Thus the sculptures were an ever changing collaboration between visitor and artist. Every person is an artist. Some search for their creative speciality; some find it. filled//everyone/is filled/with creativity/just peek inside/and see
Participation, v2: Suede with leather & metal alloy
Participation, v2: Suede with leather & metal alloy
filled
everyone
is filled
with creativity
just peek inside
and see
3 Tetrahedrons: Acrylic on canvas
3 Tetrahedrons: Acrylic on canvas
3) first paintings < Coming to Israel in the mid 80’s I was awarded a government artist’s stipend, and joined the Association of Kibbutz Artists. Though continuing with leather sculpting, the main focus shifted to painting.
Three Cylinders: Acrylic on paper
Three Cylinders: Acrylic on paper
The first paintings, like the first leather sculptures, were geometric, fashioned from painted panels joined to make geometric sculptures. Red, blue and yellow, the primary colors, carried the weight of the design. Black and white connected various elements.
Triptych on Black: Acrylic on canvas
Triptych on Black: Acrylic on canvas
4) triptychs < Years of flat paneled triptychs were soon added, in the late 80s, to the painted sculptures.
Triptych on White: Acrylic on canvas
Triptych on White: Acrylic on canvas
The 3 primary colors always urgently reaching across the 3 panels, black or white straining to bring them together.
Triptych Montage: Acrylic on canvas
Triptych Montage: Acrylic on canvas
When asked when I would use additional colors, I replied, “When I consume what I need from red, blue and yellow”.
Aegean Island: Acrylic on canvas
Aegean Island: Acrylic on canvas
5) single panel < With the beginning of the new decade, the triptychs merged into large or small single paneled paintings.
Flowers in the Wind: Acrylic on paper
Flowers in the Wind: Acrylic on paper
They were abstract, as well as abstract expressionism, sometimes with simple black lines on a colored background, or black lines on white.
Buddha Burning: Acrylic on wood
Buddha Burning: Acrylic on wood
Sometimes a few colors were added, very few. Inspiration came from the human form and from landscapes.
Blue & White Relief, v2: Acrylic on wood
Blue & White Relief, v2: Acrylic on wood
6) paint's structure < During the same period, I became interested in paint's structural qualities.
Blue & White Relief, v1: Acrylic on wood
Blue & White Relief, v1: Acrylic on wood
Relief paintings and mobiles were made without substructures.
Bright White Light: Acrylic on paper
Bright White Light: Acrylic on paper
Thicker layers of paint were applied regularly.
Green Paint Tube: Acrylic on wood
Green Paint Tube: Acrylic on wood
7) found art < During the last months of 2021 the world yielded “found-paint”. “World” rather than “nature” as the world includes computers and smog as well as trees and animals. These monochromatic relief works at times involved mounting found-paint as it was found.
Yellow: Yellow, Acrylic strips on wood
Other times the found-paint was in strips, sheets or chunks that were manipulated as desired. Paint only; without substructures.
Yellow with Blue & Red: Acrylic strips on wood
Yellow with Blue & Red: Acrylic strips on wood
The final piece of this series, in December 2021, was primarily yellow found-paint mounted on a yellow background. Towards the end I decided to add small pieces of red and blue. It felt like coming home.
Published poems: Selected publications
Published poems: Selected publications
8) poetry < I hold a BA in Philosophy and Masters in English Literature and Poetry with poems published in journals and e-zines.
Some poems and paintings express the same message, so they are displayed together.
Anointment x 2: Acrylic on paper
Anointment x 2: Acrylic on paper
Anointment
I like the smells
and our body
juices mixing
anointing us
for springtime
Island Time: Acrylic and pen on paper
Island Time: Acrylic and pen on paper
Poems and paintings are also combined, with both integral to the pieces.
I instituted Poetry from Bar-Ilan, a program for Bar-Ilan's poets to read their works in public venues. It began in 2002, and I continued producing the annual program for over 10 years.
Canaanite Stone with Woman: Photograph
Canaanite Stone with Woman: Photograph
9) photography < Canaanite Stone with Woman was part of Tel Gezer, a group exhibition seen around Israel. It combined the warm female form with rounded, but cold stone.
Israelite and Canaanite Stones with Woman: Photomontage
Israelite and Canaanite Stones with Woman: Photomontage
The photomontage contains several Canaanite Commemorative Stones and one wall segment, in the upper left photo. The wall was built during the Solomonic period from ashlar blocks.
Two mail art poster projects: Artists' names and addresses on back
Two mail art poster projects: Artists' names and addresses on back
10) mail art < Mail art, also by internet, is an egalitarian way of circumventing official art distribution and approval systems. It developed out of Ray Johnson's New York Correspondence School and the Fluxus movements of the 1960s.
Today it's a global movement.
Three projects on internet, discs, & books: S:L:K (Scents: Locks: Kisses)
Three projects on internet, discs, & books: S:L:K (Scents: Locks: Kisses)
Different mail art networked projects are displayed and archived in print, museums, galleries and digital formats. I have contributed to several projects in Europe and America, mostly Italy and Belgium. One project, S: L: K, with Belgium’s Netland TAC-42.292, had over 800 participating artists.
The Artist: Photograph, second from left
The Artist: Photograph, second from left
11) the artist < Homage to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. The artist at Moshava summer camp, WI, USA
11) the artist < Homage to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. The artist at Moshava summer camp, WI, USA
Last Belt; First Sulpture;
Last Sculpture
Curator: Enon De Groot
Ira Director is a veteran artist who has made his way as an autodidact in the art world and its language. As a child he visited many museums in New York and Chicago until Eureka, he understood the value and qualities of abstract art.
The paintings are done with careful thought and, at times, long term planning, from the expressive color sprays to the restrained and free application of paint. Then a virtuosic emotional explosion creates a harmonious yet impulsive look.
"I started my artistic work in sculpture and abstract painting, and not in representational art for a very simple reason. I never went to art school.
I started designing and producing simple useful items. The designs were abstract, but each item was simple and useful. In the end, the piece followed the design. And the rest you know.
Ira Director:
What I said,
“Art is like sex. You can read about it; think about it; even see it. But until you touch, taste and smell it, you really don't know what it is”.
What I meant,
art is like sex
art is like sex
read about it
think about it
even see it
until you touch
taste, smell it
you don't know
what it is
touch my face
taste two lips
smell your hair
Reclining Nude:
Acrylic on paper
אוצר: ינון דה גר
עירא דירקטור הוא אמן וותיק שעשה את דרכו כאוטודידקט בעולם האמנות ושפת האמנות. בילדותו היה מבקר
במוזיאונים רבים בניו יורק ושיקאגו עד שנפלה עליו האאוריקה וההבנה על ערכה ואיכויותיה של האמנות המופשטת
הכל נעשה בקפידה מחושבת מראש ותכנון
ארוך מחשבה. מהתזות הצבע האקספרסיביות ועד למריחה המאופקת והחופשית של הצבע. מעיין מהלך מחושב ווירטואוזי שמוביל לתוצר בעל משקל ואיזון מופתי
"התחלתי את עבודתי האמנותית בפיסול ובציור מופשט, ולא באמנות ייצוגית מסיבה מאוד פשוטה. מעולם לא הלכתי לבית ספר לאמנות
התחלתי ליצור ולייצר פריטים שימושיים פשוטים. העיצובים על כל פריט היו מופשטים אך כל פריט היה פשוט ושימושי. בסופו של דבר היצירה "הדביקה" את העיצובים. ואת השאר אתם יודעים.
:עירא דירקטור
,מה אמרתי
"אמנות היא כמו סקס. אתה יכול לקרוא על זה; תחשוב על זה; אפילו לראות את זה. אבל עד שאתה לא נוגע, טועם ומריח את זה, אתה באמת לא יודע מה זה”
,מה שהתכוונתי
אמנות היא כמו סקס
אמנות היא כמו סקס
לקרוא על זה
תחשוב על זה
אפילו לראות את זה
עד שאתה נוגע
לטעום, להריח את זה
אתה לא יודע
מה זה
לגעת בפנים שלי
לטעום שתי שפתיים
להריח את השיער שלך
Participation: Leather & brass
Participation: Leather & brass
Exhibitions
Craft shows & sales
1970-1978
Field Museum, gift shop
Chicago, Illinois 1977
Tiarra Gallery,
El Paso, Texas 1982
Alexandra Ziad Gallery
Rosh Pina, Israel 1986
Masterworks Gallery
Auckland, New Zealand 1991
> Group Art Exhibitions <
Conejo Valley Art Museum
Thousand Oaks, California 1987
Beit Hagefen
Haifa, Israel 1990
Ramla Arts Center
Ramla, Israel 1992
Jewish Community Campus
Kansas City, traveling exhibit 1998
> Solo Art Exhibitions <
Union Exhibition Gallery
University of Texas
El Paso, Texas 1982
Horwitz Center Gallery
El Paso, Texas 1982
Bet Kibbutz Artzi
Tel Aviv, Israel 1986
AACI
Haifa, Israel 1986
American Cultural Center
Tel Aviv, Israel 1995
Intel Exhibition Hall
Kiryat Gat, Israel 2001
Bet Yad Lebanim
Rehovot, Israel 2002
> Poetry < Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat Gan, Israel 2002-2004
> Photography < Tel Aviv Camera Club,
traveling exhibit 1996
> Mail Art < International Mail Art Network
from 1982
Found Art Green: Acrylic on wood
Found Art Green: Acrylic on wood
תערוכות
> מלאכת יד <
מופעי אומנות ומכירות 1970-1978
מוזיאון שדה, חנות מתנות
שיקגו, אילינוי 1977
גלריית טיארה
1982 אל פאסו, טקסס
גלריה אלכסנדרה זיאד
1986 ראש פינה, ישראל
גלריית מאסטרוורקס
1991 אוקלנד, ניו זילנד
> תערוכות אמנות קבוצתיות <
1987 מוזיאון האמנות של עמק קונחו
Thousand Oaks, קליפורניה
בית הגפן
1990 חיפה, ישראל
מרכז לאמנויות רמלה
1992 רמלה, ישראל
קמפוס הקהילה היהודית
1998 (קנזס סיטי, קנזס (תערוכה נודדת
> תערוכות יחיד לאמנות <
גלריית התערוכה יוניון, אוניברסיטת טקסס
1982 אל פאסו, טקסס
גלריה מרכז הורביץ
1982 אל פאסו, טקסס
בית קיבוץ ארצי
1986 תל אביב, ישראל
AACI
1986 חיפה, ישראל
מרכז תרבות אמריקאי
1995 תל אביב, ישראל
אולם הירידים של אינטל
2001 קרית גת, ישראל
בית יד לבנים
2002 רחובות, ישראל
> שירה <
אוניברסיטת בר-איל
2002 - 2004 רמת גן, ישראל
> צילום <
מועדון מצלמות תל אביב
1996 תערוכה נודדת
> אמנות מייל <
רשת הדואר הבינלאומית
משנת 1989
A Soldier Bleeds: Acrylic on canvas,
A Soldier Bleeds: Acrylic on canvas,
The BeZine 2022
The BeZine 2022
Poems Published in
Rubin Rose Inter. Poetry Comp. Honorable Mention 2002
B’nai B’rith 2003
Ascent Inspirations Magazine,
August 2008
The Ilanot Review 2009 and 2011
The Last Stanza 2011
arc 2005, 2013 and 2019
Voices Israel Anthology 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2022
The BeZine, March 2022 and June 2022
Paddler Press, Vol. 6, 2022
Mediterranean Poetry, October 2022
Selected Poems
food court
saw the duffel bags
as I neared the pillars
knew they belonged to
the soldiers
soldiers
teens dressed up
like soldiers
munching teen food
as if, as if
I turned, felt foolish
hesitated then
two words
“thank you”
smiles, nods
I put a 100
on the table
“buy some desserts”
‘’we can't take that”
walked away
a tap on my shoulder
smiles
‘’we can't take that”
Voices Israel Anthology 2022
Final Mercies
Final Mercies
The Watcher at the gate
bares her breast
to suckle the corpse:
we do not kiss the dead
there is too much
intimacy
in death, and
the lines in our faces
betray us
arc 26, 2019
Like Two Flowers: Acrylic and pen on paper, Ex. 2022 a Retrospective
Like Two Flowers: Acrylic and pen on paper, Ex. 2022 a Retrospective
Is there a doctor here?
trite? perhaps? but universal and necessary
the white haired woman’s pale face turned red
she simply fell over
dropped from the chair
the poet stopped mid poem
her husband knelt in the hot sun crying
as people moved closer
I had the good sense to move away
and get another piece of the apple cake
which I cut horizontally to get a slice
filled with apple pieces after loading
it with homemade “tehena” I took two bites
“lucky I’ve already read”
embarrassed by my own thoughts
I phoned Debbie “How terrible. Have you read yet?”
I stuffed the rest in my mouth
licked my drippy fingers
chewed slowly as I went back
hoping no one would notice
a doctor was administering CPR
a young teen was crying in the john
perhaps the old woman’s granddaughter
“she wasn’t even wearing a hat” I heard
The poets had started reading again
later in the shade I brought her an orange
and thought
as the ambulance drove away
staying alive is mostly luck
what if that doctor
hadn’t wanted to hear
student poetry that day
over coffee
I realized
I was likely
the only other person
who “knew” CPR
so the old lady
had two chances today
though the doctor probably
also saved me
from finishing this day
with a pair of dead lips
pressed to mine
as I tried desperately
to remember
the right steps
from that course
20 year ago
The Ilanot Review 2011
The beginning : Arts and Crafts
ההתחלה: אומנויות
Summary
Exhibition 2022
A Retrospective:
50 years of art and poetry
Ira Director
054-66-505-44
Kibbutz Gezer D.N. Shimshon
99786 Israel
iradirector@gmail.com
1) arts & crafts < Fashioning and teaching arts & crafts have been a hobby and vocation throughout my life (including 10 years teaching candle making to Gezer's children).This work enabled familiarity with different materials such as leather, wax, precious/ ordinary metals, glass, clay, stone and more. These skills were essential for creating future artworks.
2a) soft leather < Realizing in 1982 that my abstract metal, stone and leather jewelry were miniature sculptures, I concluded working, as Texas social worker with abused children, and devoted full time to art.
2b) soft leather < The first works were soft leather sensually molded over rigid wood and stiff geometric leather forms. Isn’t all creation and all art sensual?
2c) soft leather < Gallery visitors were invited to rearange later works made from several sections of soft pliable leather. Thus the sculptures were an ever changing collaboration between visitor and artist. Every person is an artist. Some search for their creative speciality; some find it. filled//everyone/is filled/with creativity/just peek inside/and see
3) first paintings < Coming to Israel in the mid 80’s I was awarded a government artist’s stipend, and joined the Association of Kibbutz Artists. Though continuing with leather sculpting, the main focus shifted to painting. The first paintings, like the first leather sculptures, were geometric, fashioned from painted panels joined to make geometric sculptures. Red, blue and yellow, the primary colors, carried the weight of the design. Black and white connected various elements.
4) triptychs < Flat triptychs were soon added in the late 80s, to the painted sculptures. The 3 primary colors urgently reach across the 3 panels. Black or white strain to bring them together. Asked when I would use additional colors, I replied, “When I consume what I need from red, blue and yellow”.
5) single paneled paintings < With the beginning of the new decade, the triptychs merged into large or small single paneled paintings. They were abstract, as well as abstract expressionism, sometimes with simple black lines on a colored background, or black lines on white. Sometimes a few colors were added, very few. Inspiration came from the human form and from landscapes.
6) structural qualities of paint < During the same period, I became interested in paint's structural qualities. Relief paintings and mobiles were made without substructures. Thicker layers of paint were applied regularly.
7) found art < During the last months of 2021 the world yielded “found-paint”. “World” rather than “nature” as the world includes computers and smog as well as trees and animals. These monochromatic relief works at times involved mounting found-paint as it was found. Other times the found-paint was in strips, sheets or chunks that were manipulated as desired. Paint only; without substructures. The final piece of this series, in December 2021, was primarily yellow found-paint mounted on a yellow background. Towards the end I decided to add small pieces of red and blue. It felt like coming home.
8) poetry < I hold a BA in Philosophy and Masters in English Literature and Poetry with poems published in journals and e-zines. Poems and paintings are also combined, with both integral to the pieces. In 2002 I instituted Poetry from Bar-Ilan, a program for Bar-Ilan's poets to read their works in public venues, and produced the annual program for over 10 years.
9) photography < Canaanite Commemorative Stone and Woman was part of “Tel Gezer”, a group exhibition, which traveled around Israel. I combined the warm female form with cold stone.
10) mail art < Mail art, also by internet, is an egalitarian way of circumventing official art distribution and approval systems. It developed out of Ray Johnson's New York Correspondence School and the Fluxus movements of the 1960s.
Today it's a global movement.
Different mail art networked projects are displayed and archived: print, museums, galleries and digital are used. I have contributed to several projects in Europe and America, mostly Italy and Belgium. One project, S: L: K, with Belgium’s Netland TAC-42.292, had over 800 participating artists.
11) the artist: < Homage to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. The artist at Moshava summer camp, Wisconsin, USA.
And now: a final sculpture
And now: a final sculpture
ועכשיו: פסל סופי
ועכשיו: פסל סופי
סיכום
תערוכה 2022
מבט רטרוספקטיבי
50 שנה
של אמנות ושירה
עירא דירקטור
054-66-505-44
קיבוץ גזר ד"נ שמשון
99786 ישראל
iradirector@gmail.com
א) אומנויות ואומנות < אופנה והוראת
אומנויות ומלאכות היו תחביב ויעוד לאורך חיי (כולל 10 שנים ללמד את ילדי גזר ייצור נרות). עבודה זו אפשרה היכרות עם חומרים שונים כגון עור, שעווה, מתכות יקרות/רגילות , זכוכית, חימר, אבן ועוד. מיומנויות אלו היו חיוניות ליצירת יצירות אמנות עתידיות.
ב,א) עור רך < כשהבנתי ב-1982 שתכשיטי המתכת, האבן והעור המופשטים שלי הם פסלים מיניאטוריים, סיימתי לעבוד כעובד סוציאלי בטקסס עם ילדים שעברו התעללות, והקדשתי זמן מלא לאמנות.
ב,ב) עור רך < העבודות הראשונות היו עור רך שעוצב בחושניות על עץ קשיח וצורות עור גיאומטריות נוקשות. האם כל יצירה וכל אמנות אינן חושניות?
ב,ג) עור רך < מבקרי הגלריה הוזמנו לסדר מחדש יצירות מאוחרות יותר שנעשו מכמה חלקים של עור רך גמיש. לפיכך, הפסלים היו שיתוף פעולה משתנה תדיר בין המבקר לאמן. כל אדם הוא אמן. חלקם מחפשים את המומחיות היצירתית שלהם; חלק מוצאים את זה. מלאים//כולם/מתמלאים/ביצירתיות/רק להציץ פנימה/ולראות
ג) ציורים ראשונים < הגעתי לישראל באמצע שנות ה-80 קיבלתי מלגת אמן ממשלתית, והצטרפתי לאגודת אמני הקיבוץ. למרות שהמשיכו בפיסול עור, הפוקוס העיקרי עבר לציור. הציורים הראשונים, כמו פסלי העור הראשונים, היו גיאומטריים, נוצרו מלוחות מצוירים שחוברו ליצירת פסלים גיאומטריים. אדום, כחול וצהוב, צבעי היסוד, נשאו את משקל העיצוב. שחור ולבן חיברו אלמנטים שונים.
ד) טריפטיכים < טריפטיכים שטוחים נוספו עד מהרה בסוף שנות ה-80, לפסלים המצוירים. שלושת צבעי היסוד מגיעים בדחיפות על פני שלושת הלוחות. זן שחור או לבן כדי להפגיש ביניהם. כששאלתי מתי אשתמש בצבעים נוספים, השבתי, "כשאני צורך את מה שאני צריך מאדום, כחול וצהוב".
ה) ציורי לוח בודד < עם תחילת העשור החדש התמזגו הטריפטיכים לציורי לוח בודדים גדולים או קטנים. הם היו מופשטים, כמו גם אקספרסיוניזם מופשט, לפעמים עם קווים שחורים פשוטים על רקע צבעוני, או קווים שחורים על לבן. לפעמים נוספו כמה צבעים, מעט מאוד. ההשראה הגיעה מצורת האדם ומנופים.
ו) איכויות מבניות של צבע < באותה תקופה התעניינתי בסגולות המבניות של הצבע. ציורי תבליט ומוביילים נעשו ללא תשתיות. שכבות צבע עבות יותר יושמו באופן קבוע.
ז) מצא אמנות < במהלך החודשים האחרונים של 2021 העולם הניב "צבע-מצא". "עולם" ולא "טבע" שכן העולם כולל מחשבים וערפיח וכן עצים ובעלי חיים. עבודות תבליט מונוכרומטיות אלו כללו לעיתים הרכבה של צבע שנמצא כפי שהוא נמצא. בפעמים אחרות הצבע המצוי היה ברצועות, יריעות או נתחים שנעשו בהם מניפולציות לפי הרצון. צבע בלבד; ללא תשתיות. היצירה האחרונה בסדרה זו, בדצמבר 2021, הייתה בעיקרה צבע צהוב שנמצא על רקע צהוב. לקראת הסוף החלטתי להוסיף חתיכות קטנות של אדום וכחול. זה הרגיש כמו לחזור הביתה.
ח) שירה < אני בעל תואר ראשון בפילוסופיה ותואר שני בספרות ושירה אנגלית עם שירים שפורסמו בכתבי עת ובזינים אלקטרוניים. גם שירים וציורים משולבים, כששניהם חלק בלתי נפרד מהיצירות. בשנת 2002 הקמתי את "שירה מבר-אילן", תכנית למשוררי בר-אילן לקריאה ביצירותיהם במקומות ציבוריים, והפקתי את התכנית השנתית כבר למעלה מ-10 שנים.
ט) צילום < אבן הנצחה כנענית ואישה היה חלק מ"תל גזר", תערוכה קבוצתית, שנדדה ברחבי ישראל. שילבתי את הצורה הנשית החמה עם אבן קרה.
י) אמנות דואר < דואר אמנות, גם דרך האינטרנט, היא דרך שוויונית לעקוף מערכות הפצה ואישור אמנות רשמיות. זה התפתח מבית הספר להתכתבות בניו יורק של ריי ג'ונסון ומתנועות הפלוקסוס של שנות ה-60.
היום זו תנועה עולמית.
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יא) האמן: < הומאז' לפורטרט של האמן כאיש צעיר מאת ג'יימס ג'ויס. האמן במחנה הקיץ של המושבה, ויסקונסין, ארה"ב.
only the brave
from Art of the Other
a group exhibition
Kibbutz Gezer, June 2022
Ira Director
Composition with plants
Enon De Groot
Painting: Acrylic on canvas
______________
Beware. This is the mind of an artist. Only the brave may enter.
Ira Director
"Everyone wants to be a genius. But only the brave choose to go mad to get there."
Stanleu Victor Paskavich
“…What was this forest savage, rough, and stern,
Which in the very thought renews the fear.
So bitter is it, death is little more…”
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Deconstruct
Sunset
Reconstruct
from Sunsets
a group exhibition
Kibbutz Gezer, July 2022
Ira Director
Composition:
Photo on colored paper
Debbie Director
Paphos, Cyprus:
Photograph
_____________________
Deconstruction, originated by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, aims to understand the relationship between text and meaning. It turns away from Platonism's ideas of "true" forms towards the changing complex function of language
Reconstructivism claims
that societies should continually reform themselves in order to establish better governments or social networks.
Only the Sun
from A House on the Kibbutz
a group exhibition
Kibbutz Gezer, December 2022
Ira Director
Acrylic on wood
_____________________
Does the sculpture "Only the Sun" fit the exhibit’s theme, “A House on the Kibbutz”?
During my first months on the kibbutz, I got up at 5:00 to watch the sunrise. For me, the sun is the kibbutz; the kibbutz is the sun.
AI generated image, Leonardo.Ai
AI generated image, Leonardo.Ai
Poems published 2022
Poems published 2022
Online Journals 2022
The BeZine, Volume 6-Sustainability and Ukraine Peace
-3 poems, death/ renewal: Anointment/ Final Mercies/ Here it is Spring Again
-3 poems, death/ renewal: Anointment/ Final Mercies/ Here it is Spring Again
-3 poems, “sea” is not a mistake: Pale Brown/ They Say/ A Soldier Bleeds (ekphrastic poem)
Spring 2022
Links directly to poems
Mediterranean Poetry
-3 poems: Full Moon/ South to Haifa/ Island Time
October 3, 2022
Links directly to poems
https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/ira-director/
Online Journals and Print 2022
Paddler Press, Volume 6-Changes
-1 poem: The Smith Was Once the Boy at the Bellows
October 8, 2022 (p.39)
Links to Volume 6-Changes/ download/ poems on p.39
I also have the print version
https://paddlerpress.ca/issues-trip-log/
Print 2022
Voices Israel Anthology, Volume 48
-1 poem: Food Court
2022 (p.21)
I have the print version
Also published online English/ Hebrew in George, April 2023
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Poems published 2023
Poems published 2023
Online Journals 2023
George, Gezer newsletter, Independence Day addition, April 2023
Poems 2023 Hebrew/ English
-1poem: Food Court
food court
saw the duffel bags
as I neared the pillars
knew they belonged to
the soldiers
soldiers
teens dressed up
like soldiers
munching teen food
as if, as if
I turned, felt foolish
hesitated then
two words
“thank you”
smiles, nods
I put a 100
on the table
“buy some desserts”
‘’we can't take that”
walked away
a tap on my shoulder
smiles
‘’we can't take that”
Ira Director
Published 2022
Voices Israel Anthology
Volume 48
AI generated image, Leonardo.Ai
AI generated image, Leonardo.Ai
פינת המסעדות
ראיתי את התיקים
כשהתקרבתי לעמודים
ידעתי שהם שייכים
לחיילים
חיילים
בני נוער מחופשים
כמו חיילים
אוכלים אוכל של נוער
כאילו, כאילו
הסתובבתי, הרגשתי לא בנוח
היססתי, אז
מילה אחת
"תודה"
מחייך, מהנהן
שמתי 100
על השולחן
"קנה כמה קינוחים"
"אנחנו לא יכולים לקחת את זה"
הלכתי משם
טפח על הכתף שלי
עם חיוך
"אנחנו לא יכולים לקחת את זה"
Ira Director
יצא לאור 2022
Voices Israel Anthology
Volume 48
Only A Moment
Only A Moment
I noticed you
stretching
white
to the morning
and as I watched
and let it pass
I brought it back
for moments
are all we have:
I
I
watched
watched
you
stretch
white
to the
morning
Especially in the Morning
Especially in the Morning
I think of you often
and miss you always
My body stirs
in the first soft light
Slowly –
a lonely bird song
becomes a symphony
My eyes still closed
I turn to hold you
But…
About The Moment
I could tell you in fine detail
about his sharp features
and short brown hair
or hers strawberry
and the freckles
spreading from her nose
over her cheeks.
But this poem
is only about
the moment.
The moment
after we passed the car
parked on the shoulder
as the mother
held her young son
and let him pee
into the weeds.
That's the moment:
the brown
and strawberry couple
looked at each other
and smiled.
It was that moment
so filled with wishes
dreams and hope
that this poem is about.
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