Crafted from the significant private collection of Benno Kalev—renowned collector and patron of paper-based Israeli art—this trilogy of artist catalogues offers an intimate, layered journey through the works of Aviva Uri, Rafi Lavie, and Moshe Gershuni. Each catalogue stands as both a curatorial gesture and a personal homage, shaped by Kalev’s decades-long relationship with the artists’ legacies. Designed with sensitivity to the material and emotional resonance of the works, the catalogues blend archival research, storytelling, and high-quality reproductions, capturing the tactile spirit of the original drawings, mixed-media works, and conceptual gestures.
Benno Kalev’s commitment to preserving and reintroducing these pivotal voices of Israeli art is felt throughout: in the elegiac intensity of Uri’s lines, the raw immediacy of Gershuni’s reds, and Lavie’s understated formal rebellion. Together, the catalogues reflect a singular vision of art collecting not as possession, but as stewardship—anchored in memory, materiality, and meaning.
