1986-1987 A Kafka Parable series

selection

During the exhibition of A Kafka Parable at Galerie Michel Tetreault (Montreal, Quebec), the entire short text of A Knock at the Manor Gate, by Franz Kafka was handed out to visitors. Eight sentences within the story appeared in italics. Those 8 sentences are the titles for the 8 paintings of the series. Using the story as a source, a completely different narrative was developed, thereby allowing for a double reading of Kafka’s parable.

A Kafka Parable #1, 1986-87

101 x 76 inches

oil on canvas

catalogue # 87d01

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 A Kafka Parable #2 (The Garden), 1986

76 x 101 inches

oil on canvas

COLLECTION: HYDRO QUÉBEC

#2 my sister and I … , 1987

73 x 103 inches

charcoal on sepia stained paper

catalogue # 87c11

#7 “could I endure any other air . . . ” 75 in. x 136 in. charcoal on sepia stained paper 1987 COLLECTION: Dalhousie University Art Gallery, catalogue # 87c17

Study for “Dust Rose”, 1986

22 x 30 inches

gouache on paper

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A Kafka Parable #5 (Dust Rose), 1986

75 x 136 inches

charcoal on stained paper

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#7 “could I endure any other air . . . ” 75 in. x 136 in. charcoal on sepia stained paper 1987 COLLECTION: Dalhousie University Art Gallery, catalogue # 87c17

Kafka Parable #7 “could I endure any other air . . . ”, 1987

75 x 136 inches

charcoal on sepia stained paper

catalogue # 87c17

COLLECTION: DALHOUSIE ART GALLERY

A Kafka Parable #6 “I still half believed . . . ”, 1987

75 x 62 inches

oil on canvas

catalogue # 87d07

A Kafka Parable #5 “I remained calm …”, 1987

46 x 101 inches

oil on canvas

catalogue # 87d05

COLLECTION: JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL